Definition of Reversionary

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion). "Reversionary interest"

Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Partainyms: Reversion
Derivative terms: Reversion

Definition of Reversionary

1. a. Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.

2. n. That which is to be received in reversion.

Definition of Reversionary

1. Noun. Reversioner. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reversionary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversionary

reversible colloid
reversible decortication
reversible hydrocolloid
reversible hydrogenase
reversible process
reversible reaction
reversible shock
reversibles
reversibly
reversine
reversing
reversing thermometer
reversion
reversional
reversionaries
reversionary (current term)
reversionary annuity
reversioner
reversioners
reversionist
reversionists
reversions
reversis
reversive
reverso
reversos
revert
revert war
revertability
revertable

Literary usage of Reversionary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of German Civil Law by Ernest Joseph Schuster (1907)
"Bights and Liabilities of reversionary Heir on the Termination of the Interest of the Limited Heir. 546. On the termination of the interest of the ' limited ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William Hardcastle Browne (1894)
"Mortgage of reversionary Terms. A vexatious question has distressed the English courts, as to the time at which money provided for children's portions may ..."

3. The Law of Patents for Useful Inventions by William Callyhan Robinson (1890)
"An assignment may be made upon condition, or for a term less than the entire duration of the patent, and thus reversionary interests may be created in the ..."

4. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the English Law of Liability for Civil Injuries by Sir John William Salmond (1907)
"Injuries to reversionary Interests. Injuries to 1. Hitherto, in dealing with the injuries of trespass, interests '^ nuisance, disturbance of servitudes, ..."

5. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"I. [Allege ownership of abutting premises by plaintiff, including the reversionary interest? as] together with the fee to the center of said street, ..."

6. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"APPOINTMENT of NEW TRUSTEES of a SETTLEMENT of OF SETTLE- reversionary ... (parties), being a settlement of the reversionary share of the said CB in certain ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1896)
"Real and Personal compared ; As to reversionary Interests. ... We hear sometimes of " future or reversionary interests" in chattels, whether vested or ..."

8. The German Civil Code by Germany (1907)
"If the deceased has appointed a reversionary heir without specifying any time or event, after which the reversionary succession is to take place, ..."

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