Revival

Of Contracts. An agreement to renew the legal obligation of a just debt after it has been barred by the act of limitation or lapse of time is called its revival. In Practice. The act by which a judgment which has lain dormant or without any action upon it for a year and a day is, at common law, a gain restored to its original force. common law; but till it has been paid, or the presumption arises from lapse of time that it has been satisfied, it may be revived and have all its original force, which was merely suspended. This may be done by a scire facias or an action of debt on the judgment. See Scire Facias; and as to Abatement and Revival, see that title.