1. Examples: District of Columbia retrocession, the retrocession to Virginia, and potentially to Maryland, of the land Ceded to create the District of Columbia; Retrocession of Louisiana (New Spain) from Spain to France, formally accomplished just three weeks before the U.S

2. Retrocession is the return of something (e.g., land) that was Ceded in general or, specifically:

3. Reinsurance and retrocession: Reinsurance companies in the Republic of Slovenia have priority in the collection of insurance premiums.

4. (“Aeolus”) manages capital on behalf of investors seeking the superior risk adjusted returns and diversification benefits available from investing in the property catastrophe reinsurance and retrocession market

5. The Committee for Defense of Alexandretta, moreover, appealed to the Arab League to discuss the question of this "usurped" Arab region and to secure its retrocession to Syria