Legal Reversion
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. The period within which a proprietor is at liberty to redeem land adjudged from him for debt. Bell, Diet. "i LEGAL TENDER. Lawful money which may be tendered in payment of debt. Under the laws of the United States, gold coin is full legal tender, silver coin is legal tender in payments of not to exceed five dollars, the minor coins in payments not to exceed twenty-five cents. Treasury notes, etc., are full legal tender except in payment of duties on imports and interest on the public debt. U. S. Rev. St., § 3584 et seq. LEGALIS HOMO (Lat.) A person who possesses all his civil rights; a lawful man; one who stands rectus in curia, not outlawed nor infamous. In this sense are the words prohi et legates homines.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. The period within which a proprietor is at liberty to redeem land adjudged from him for debt.
Defined under Reversion in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch law. The period within which a proprietor is at liberty to redeem land adjudged from him for debt. at® ER. That kind of coin, medium which the law compels accept in payment of his debt, y red by the debtor in the right amount. LEGALIS HO Lat. Alawfulman; It occurs in the phrase, “probi et legates homines,” (good and lawful men, competent jurors,) and “I-gality” designates the condition of such a wan. Jacob.