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reversional Definition


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reversion
noun
    1. A return to an earlier state, belief, etc.
    2a. law.
      The legal right (eg of an original owner or their heirs) to possess a property again at the end of a certain period, especially when the present owner dies;
    2b. law.
      Property to which someone has such a right.
    3. Insurance which is paid on someone's death.
    4. biol.
      Said of individuals, organs, etc: a return to an earlier ancestral, and usually less advanced, type.
Derivative: reversionary
adj
    Derivative: reversional
    adj
      Derivative: reversionally
      adverb
        Etymology: 14c: from Latin reversio a turning back.



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