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Webster 1913 Edition
Reversion
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
(Law)
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.
Kent.
4.
Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession.
For even
reversions
are all begged before. Dryden.
5.
(Annuities)
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.
Brande & C.
6.
(Biol.)
A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Reversion of series
(Alg.)
, Webster 1828 Edition
Reversion
REVER'SION
,Noun.
1.
In general sense, a returning; appropriately, in law, the returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, after a particular estate is ended. Hence,2.
The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of the particular estate granted. Thus when there is a gift in tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any special reservation, vested in the donor by act of law.3.
Succession; right to future possession or enjoyment.4.
In algebra, reversion of series, a kind of reversed operation of an infinite series.Definition 2024
reversión
reversión
Spanish
Noun
reversión f (plural reversiones)
- reversion
- 2015 September 27, “La delgada línea roja frente a las especies invasoras”, in El País:
- Cita la recuperación de dunas mediante la eliminación de uña de gato (cuatro toneladas en dos playas) y destaca no sólo la reversión del estado de degradación del hábitat, sino la recuperación inmediata de espacio para el chorlitejo patinegro (Charadrius alexandrinus).
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