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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

To set aside, annul, vacate: as, to reverse a judgment.'

Reversal.

The act or decision of one court in pronouncing erroneous, and therefore annulling, the judgment or decree of a lower court. Qpposed, affirmance, q. v. Compare Overrule; Revoke.

See Opinion, 3; Ve- NiRE, De novo.