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Reversionary definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVER'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to a reversion, that is, to be enjoyed in succession, or after the determination of a particular estate; as a reversionary interest or right.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1720 of, relating to, constituting, or involving especially a legal reversion

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reversionary Re*ver"sion*a*ry, a. (Law) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reversionary Re*ver"sion*a*ry, n. (Law) That which is to be received in reversion.

Moby Thesaurus

atavistic, compensatory, indemnificatory, reactionary, recessive, recidivist, recidivous, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive, regressive, reparative, restitutive, restitutory, restorative, retributive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversible, reversional, revertible, revulsionary