Revival
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
The resumption by heirs of a suit which has abated or become defective by the death of their ancestor.
See 57 N. J. Eq. 142, 41 Atl. 755.
The restoration to existence of a former will by the cancellation or destruction of a later one.
See 2 Dali. (U. S.) 2fi6, 1 L. Ed. 375.