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Definition of Reversion

1. Noun. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee).

2. Noun. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation).

3. Noun. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.

4. Noun. Turning in the opposite direction.

5. Noun. Returning to a former state.

6. Noun. A failure to maintain a higher state.

Definition of Reversion

1. n. The act of returning, or coming back; return.

Definition of Reversion

1. Noun. The action of reverting something. ¹

2. Noun. The action of returning to a former condition or practice; reversal. ¹

3. Noun. The fact of being turned the reverse way. ¹

4. Noun. The action of turning something the reverse way. ¹

5. Noun. (legal) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant. ¹

6. Noun. (legal) An estate which has been returned in this manner. ¹

7. Noun. (legal) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession. ¹

8. Noun. The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder. ¹

9. Noun. The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression. ¹

10. Noun. A sum payable on a person's death. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reversion

1. version [n -S] - See also: version

Medical Definition of Reversion

1. Reversion of a mutation occurs when a second mutation restores the function that was lost as a result of the first mutation. The second mutation causes a change in the DNA that either reverses the original alteration or compensates for it. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversion

reversibility reversible reversible calcinosis reversible colloid reversible decortication reversible hydrocolloid reversible hydrogenase reversible process reversible reaction reversible shock

reversibles reversibly reversine reversing reversing thermometer reversion (current term) reversional reversionaries reversionary reversionary annuity

reversioner reversioners reversionist reversionists reversions reversis reversive reverso reversos revert

Literary usage of Reversion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William Hardcastle Browne (1894)
"reversion Defined. A reversion is the return of land to the grantor and his heirs, after the grant is over. It is the residue of an estate left in the ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"Here the leasehold estate is completely terminated by operation of law, and no reversion passes. See subd. III. e, supra. (8) To terminate the lease. ..."

3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"A reversion is the return of land to the grantor and his heirs, after the grant is over ; (a) or, according to the formal definition in the New York Revised ..."

4. Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant by William Woodfall (1890)
"(b) In Possession or reversion. Leases in possession or reversion. — The Settled Land Act, 1882 (s. 7, subsect. 6), provides that leases by a tenant for ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1901)
"A reversion is the return of land to the grantor and his heirs, after the grant is over; (a) or, according to the formal definition in the New York Revised ..."

6. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, George Franklin Comstock (1866)
"(e) If A. has only a possibility of reverter, as in the case of a qualified or conditional fee at common law, he has no reversion ; but such a distinct ..."

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