"reversion" Definition

Definitions for the word "reversion" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The act of returning, or coming back; return.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
That which reverts or returns; residue.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 return to a previous state, habit, etc. 2 biol. Return to ancestral type. 3 legal right (esp. Of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. [latin: related to *reverse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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