REVERSION


Meaning of REVERSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈvər-zhən, -shən ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.