reversion 音標拼音: [rɪv'ɚʒən]
n . 回復,復原,歸還,繼承權
回復,復原,歸還,繼承權
reversion n 1 : (
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 )
2 : (
genetics )
a return to a normal phenotype (
usually resulting from a second mutation )
3 :
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [
synonym : {
atavism },
{
reversion }, {
throwback }]
4 :
turning in the opposite direction [
synonym : {
reversion },
{
reverse }, {
reversal }, {
turnabout }, {
turnaround }]
5 :
returning to a former state [
synonym : {
regression }, {
regress },
{
reversion }, {
retrogression }, {
retroversion }]
6 :
a failure to maintain a higher state [
synonym : {
backsliding },
{
lapse }, {
lapsing }, {
relapse }, {
relapsing }, {
reversion },
{
reverting }]
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n . [
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version ,
L .
reversio a turning back .
See {
Revert }.]
1 .
The act of returning ,
or coming back ;
return . [
Obs .]
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After his reversion home , [
he ]
was spoiled ,
also ,
of all that he brought with him . --
Foxe .
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2 .
That which reverts or returns ;
residue . [
Obs .]
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The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics . --
Fuller .
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3 . (
Law )
The returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs ,
by operation of law ,
after the grant has terminated ;
hence ,
the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof ,
to take effect in possession ,
by operation of law ,
after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him . --
Kent .
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4 .
Hence ,
a right to future possession or enjoyment ;
succession .
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For even reversions are all begged before . --
Dryden .
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5 . (
Annuities )
A payment which is not to be received ,
or a benefit which does not begin ,
until the happening of some event ,
as the death of a living person . --
Brande &
C .
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6 . (
Biol .)
A return towards some ancestral type or character ;
atavism .
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{
Reversion of series } (
Alg .),
the act of reverting a series .
See {
To revert a series },
under {
Revert },
v .
t .
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
reversion ":
about -
face ,
about -
turn ,
atavism ,
back track ,
back trail ,
backing ,
backing off ,
backing out ,
backing up ,
backset ,
backsliding ,
backup ,
backward deviation ,
bequeathal ,
bequest ,
birthright ,
borough -
English ,
coheirship ,
coparcenary ,
copyhold ,
devolution ,
ectropion ,
entail ,
equitable estate ,
estate at sufferance ,
estate for life ,
estate for years ,
estate in expectancy ,
estate in fee ,
estate in possession ,
estate tail ,
eversion ,
falling back ,
fee ,
fee simple ,
fee tail ,
feod ,
feodum ,
feud ,
feudal estate ,
fief ,
gavelkind ,
heirloom ,
heirship ,
hereditament ,
heritable ,
heritage ,
heritance ,
improvement ,
incorporeal hereditament ,
inheritance ,
instauration ,
introversion ,
intussusception ,
invagination ,
inversion ,
lapse ,
law of succession ,
lease ,
leasehold ,
legacy ,
legal estate ,
line of succession ,
mode of succession ,
paramount estate ,
particular estate ,
patrimony ,
postremogeniture ,
primogeniture ,
pronation ,
reactivation ,
reconstitution ,
reconversion ,
recrudescence ,
recurrence ,
redintegration ,
reenactment ,
reestablishment ,
reformation ,
regression ,
rehabilitation ,
reinstatement ,
reinstation ,
reinstitution ,
reinvestiture ,
reinvestment ,
relapse ,
remainder ,
renewal ,
replacement ,
restitution ,
restoration ,
resupination ,
retroflexion ,
retroversion ,
return ,
reversal ,
reverse ,
reversing ,
revulsion ,
right -
about ,
right -
about -
face ,
setback ,
shifting trust ,
shifting use ,
succession ,
supination ,
swingaround ,
throwback ,
topsy -
turviness ,
topsy -
turvydom ,
transposal ,
transposition ,
turn ,
turnabout ,
turnaround ,
turning back ,
turning backwards ,
turning inside out ,
turning inward ,
turning over ,
ultimogeniture ,
vested estate ,
volte -
face REVERSION ,
estates .
The residue of an estate left in the grantor ,
to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him ;
it is also defined to be the return of land to the grantor ,
and his heirs ,
after the grant is over .
Co .
Litt .
142 ,
b .
2 .
The reversion arises by operation of law ,
and not by deed or will ,
and it is a vested interest or estate ,
and in this it differs from a remainder ,
which can never be limited unless by either deed or devise .
2 Bl .
Comm .
175 ;
Cruise ,
Dig .
tit .
17 ;
Plowd .
151 ;
4 Kent ,
Comm .
349 ;
19 Vin .
Ab .
217 ;
4 Com .
Dig .
27 ;
7 Com .
Dig .
289 :
1 Bro .
Civil Law ,
213 Wood '
s Inst .
151 2 Lill .
Ab .
483 .
A reversion is said to be an incorporeal hereditament .
Vide 4 Kent ,
Com .
354 .
See ,
generally ,
1 Hill .
Ab .
c .
52 ,
p .
418 ;
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1850 ,
et seq .
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