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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

To vest again. A seisin is said to revest, where it is acquired a second time by the party out of whom it has been divested.

1 Roper, Hush. & Wife, 353.

It is opposed to "divest." The words "revest" and "divest" are also applicable to the mere right or title, as opposed to the possession. Brown., REVESTIRE (Law Lat.) In old European law. To return or resign an investiture, seisin, or possession that has been received; to reinvest; to re-enfeoff.

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