- legal reversion
- The time within which property sold for debt could be redeemed.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
legal reversion
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legal reversion — noun : the period of time allowed by Scots law for a debtor to redeem his heritable property from a debt adjudged against it called also legal … Useful english dictionary
legal — 1. Conforming to the law; according to law; required or permitted by law; not forbidden or discountenanced by law; good and effectual in law; of or pertaining to the law; lawful. Freeman v. Fowler Packing Co., 135 Kan. 378, 11 P.2d 276, 277. See… … Black's law dictionary
legal — 1. Conforming to the law; according to law; required or permitted by law; not forbidden or discountenanced by law; good and effectual in law; of or pertaining to the law; lawful. Freeman v. Fowler Packing Co., 135 Kan. 378, 11 P.2d 276, 277. See… … Black's law dictionary
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 rights — noun automatic reversionary rights, retroaction, retroversion, reversal of rights, reversionary interest, reverting Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reversion to the government — index escheatment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reversion to the state — index escheatment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reversion — [[t]rɪvɜ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)n[/t]] reversions 1) N SING: also no det, N to n A reversion to a previous state, system, or kind of behaviour is a change back to it. This is a reversion to the system under which the Royals were paid for nearly 200 years. ...a… … English dictionary
reversion — UK [rɪˈvɜː(r)ʃ(ə)n] / US [rɪˈvɜrʒ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms reversion : singular reversion plural reversions 1) formal an act of returning to an earlier state reversion to: These changes are a reversion to an earlier weather… … English dictionary
reversion — re|ver|sion [ rı vɜrʒn ] noun count or uncount 1. ) FORMAL an act of returning to an earlier state: reversion to: These changes are a reversion to an earlier weather pattern. 2. ) LEGAL the process by which a place returns to a previous owner or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
