Definition of reversion
- n. - The act of returning, or coming back; return.
- n. - That which reverts or returns; residue.
- n. - The returning of an esttate 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.
- n. - Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment;
succession.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A return towards some ancestral type or character;
atavism.