reversionary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of reversionary
Example Sentences
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His incomes for life, his reversionary hopes, are knocked down to the speculator.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
These several reversionary, as well as the strictly rudimentary, structures reveal the descent of man from some lower form in an unmistakeable manner.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles
They passed by reversionary lease to —— Brabazon, in 1546.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
Those powers possessed extensive and valuable holdings in the West Indies and they were rivals for the reversionary title to these remaining Spanish Islands, Cuba and Porto Rico.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
In the year 1684, a reversionary Its revenues. lease was granted for the further term of 51 years, at the improved rent of £150.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
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