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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To overthrow, set aside, make void, annul, repeal, or revoke, as a judgment, sentence or decree, or to change to the contrary, or to a former condition. See 139 Cal. 298, 96 Am. St. Rep. llo, 73 Pac. 196.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

REVERSED. A term frequently used in the judgments of an appellate court, in disposing of the ease before it. It then means “to set aside, to annul, to vacate.” Laithe v. Mc Donald, 7 Kan. 254.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

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.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

To set aside; to annul; to vacate. Reversal: applied to an order, judgment, or decree, signifies the formal decision of an appellate court, pronouncing it erroneous, and therefore annulling it.