reversionary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of reversionary
Example Sentences
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Austria has reversionary rights in Tuscany and Modena, Sardinia has no rights at all, if a desire for acquisition is not to be considered as one.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
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
Consent of heirs to the disposal of property The consent of the legal heirs of the donor to such alienation of their reversionary rights was needed.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
For beside the promised dowry, she was heir to the reversionary interest in bonds and other properties worth about 12,000 scudi.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
"Yet there was nothing of the kind last year," said Mrs. Edenborough, in a reversionary voice; "at least, one never heard of it And that makes it all the harder on poor Mr. Scarth."
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
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