Reveland
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Such land as, having reverted to the king after the death of his thane, who had it for life, was not afterwards granted out to any other person by the king, but remained in charge on the account of the reve or bailiff of the manor, who, it seems, usually kept the profit of it himself, till it was discovered and presented to the king. (Domesday; Spelm. Feuds.) Broom.