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▪ I. reverter1|rɪˈvɜːtə(r)|
[f. revert v. + -er4.]
1. Law. Reversion (of lands, etc.).
1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 2 §4 Londes..which to theym be commen by discent, reverter or remaynder. 1544tr. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 115 b, Hee in the reversion..is put to his action of Formedon in the reverter. 1618J. Smyth Lives Berkeleys (1883) II. 416 This family was..enriched with the reverter of their Barony of Berkeley. a1628J. Doddridge Eng. Lawyer 70 Never like to return to the Lord by Escheat or Donor by Reverter. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 192 A formedon in the reverter lieth, where there is a gift in tail, and afterwards..the reversion falls in upon the donor. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 287 A limitation of a term to one for life..leaves a possibility..of reverter in the executors of the testator. 1896Act 59 & 60 Vict. c. 28 §15 The property shall not be deemed..to pass by reason only of its reverter to the disponer in his lifetime.
†2. Return. Obs. rare—1.
1667Waterhouse Fire London 115 The advantage that accrewed to His Majesty upon his reverter.
▪ II. reverter2|rɪˈvɜːtə(r)|
[f. revert v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which reverts.
1890Spectator 15 Nov., An exact reverter to the wild type in both respects sometimes occurs. |