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reverter

¹ American

[ri-vur-ter] / rɪˈvɜr tər /

noun

a person or thing that reverts.

reverter ² American

[ri-vur-ter] / rɪˈvɜr tər /

noun

Law.

a future interest in property that rests in a grantor.

Etymology

Origin of reverter¹

First recorded in 1885–90; revert + -er ¹

Origin of reverter²

1485–95; Middle English < Anglo-French, noun use of reverter (infinitive). See revert, -er ³

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This property was often held under conditions of reverter and remainders over, unless what was now declared to be illegal was religiously carried out.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)

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reverter

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noun

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Origin of reverter2

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