reversion

reversion
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin reversion-, reversio act of returning, from revertere Date: 15th century 1. a. the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a lesser particular estate b. a future interest in property left in the control of a grantor or the grantor's successor 2. the right of succession or future possession or enjoyment 3. a. an act or the process of returning (as to a former condition) b. a return toward an ancestral type or condition ; reappearance of an ancestral character 4. an act or instance of turning the opposite way ; the state of being so turned 5. a product of reversion; specifically an organism with an atavistic character ; throwback

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  • réversion — [ revɛrsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • revercioun 1304; lat. reversio, de revertere 1 ♦ Dr. Droit de retour. Pension de réversion. (Parfois prononcé [ rəvɛrsjɔ̃ ] par infl. de reverser.) 2 ♦ Biol. Changement dans l A. D. N. qui inverse une altération causée par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reversion — re·ver·sion /ri vər zhən/ n [Anglo French, from Middle French, from Latin reversio act of turning back, from revertere to turn back] 1: the returning of an estate upon its termination to the former owner or to his or her successor in interest 2 a …   Law dictionary

  • Reversion — may refer to:*Reversion (law) *Reversion (software development) *Re version, the re release of an existing television programmes or film. *Series reversion, in mathematics *Reversion, in evolutionary biology it is the return of a character to one …   Wikipedia

  • reversion — re‧ver‧sion [rɪˈvɜːʆn ǁ rɪˈvɜːrʒn] noun [uncountable] LAW the return of property, for example at the end of a period of time when someone else has had the right to use it: • the reversion of Hong Kong to China * * * reversion UK US /rɪˈvɜːʃən/… …   Financial and business terms

  • reversion — 1 return, recurrence, recrudescence (see under RETURN vb) 2 Reversion, atavism, throwback are comparable when they mean return to an ancestral type or an instance of such return. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are evident… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Reversion — Re*ver sion (r[ e]*v[ e]r sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]version, L. reversio a turning back. See {Revert}.] 1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reversion — or estate in reversion /(asteyt in) ravarzhan/ A future interest under which a grantor retains a present right to a future interest in property that the grantor conveys to another; usually the residue of a life estate. The residue of an estate… …   Black's law dictionary

  • reversion — Reversion. s. f. v. Terme de pratique & de Jurisprudence, formé du verbe Revertir, qui n est point en usage. Retour, réünion d un fief mouvant au fief dominant, dont il avoit esté détaché. Les appanages se donnent à charge de reversion faute d… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • reversion — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. reversion, from L. reversionem (nom. reversio), noun of action from pp. stem of revertere (see REVERT (Cf. revert)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • reversión — sustantivo femenino 1. Uso/registro: elevado. Acción y resultado de revertir: La reversión de los inmuebles a los antiguos propietarios es un acto de justicia. Sinónimo: retorno …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • reversion — reversion. См. реверсная мутация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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