The act of
returning, or coming back; return.
That which reverts or returns;
residue.
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.
Hence, a right to future possession or
enjoyment; succession.
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.
A return towards some
ancestral type or character] atavism.
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