01 n. The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.[Obs.]“After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him.” — Foxe.
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That which reverts or returns; residue.[Obs.]“The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics.” — Fuller.
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The returning of an estate 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.(Law)
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Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession.“For even reversions are all begged before.” — Dryden.
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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.(Annuities)
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A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.(Biol.)