Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reversion
Reversion
reversion
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)
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, reversio act of returning, from revertere Date: 15th century 1. the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a lesser particular estate, a future interest in property left in the control of a grantor or the grantor's successor, the right of succession or future possession or enjoyment, 3. an act or the process of returning (as to a former condition), a return toward an ancestral type or condition ; reappearance of an ancestral character, an act or instance of turning the opposite way ; the state of being so turned, a product of ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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