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Webster 1913 Edition
Resumption
Re-sump′tion
,Noun.
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.
The act of resuming, taking back or taking again; as the resumption of a grant.