/ English Dictionary

REVERSIONARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)

Example:

reversionary interest

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Pertainym:

reversion ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))

Derivation:

reversion ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))

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