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Webster 1913 Edition

Resumption

Re-sump′tion

,
Noun.
[cf. F.
résumption
, L.
resumptio
restoration, recovery, fr.
resumere
. See
Resume
.]
1.
The act of resuming;
as, the
resumption
of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.
2.
(Eng.Law)
The taking again into the king’s hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resumption

RESUMP'TION

,
Noun.
[L. resumptus.]
The act of resuming, taking back or taking again; as the resumption of a grant.

Definition 2024

resumption

resumption

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Noun

resumption ‎(plural resumptions)

  1. The act of resuming or starting something again.
    • 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport:
      And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the resumption with their second goal. Dzeko was again involved, slipping a neat pass through to the foraging Toure, who poked a right-foot finish past Butt.
  2. (chiefly Australia) eminent domain

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