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Reverser

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Scotch law. The propritor of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) ■ of his lands, and who has a right, on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be replaced in his right. Bell, Diet. REVERSIO (Law Lat. from reverti, to return).

In old English law. The returning of land to the donor. Fleta, lib. 3, cc. 10, 12.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A reversioner.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. The proprietor of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) of his lands, and who has a right, on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be replaced in hls right. Bell.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

tn the law of Scotland, is a debtor who makes a wadset, and to whom the right of reversion is granted. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. B. 2, t. 8, 8s. 1. A reversioner. Jacob.