REVERSION


Meaning of REVERSION in English

n.1 a the legal right (esp. of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. b property to which a person has such a right.

2 Biol. a return to ancestral type.

3 a return to a previous state, habit, etc.

4 a sum payable on a person's death, esp. by way of life insurance.

Derivatives:

reversional adj. reversionary adj.

Etymology: ME f. OF reversion or L reversio (as REVERSE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.