Revival

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

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." Of Judgment. At common law, the act by which a judgment which has lain dormant or without any action upon it for a year and a day is again restored to its original force. When a judgment is more than a day and a year old, no execution can issue upon it at 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." Where the common-law rule is not in force, the bringing of suit on a judgment to prevent the bar of the statute of limitations is termed "revival." —

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The resumption by heirs of a suit which has abated or become defective by the death of their ancestor. See 57 N. J. Eq. 142, 41 Atl. 755. The restoration to existence of a former will by the cancellation or destruction of a later one. See 2 Dali. (U. S.) 2fi6, 1 L. Ed. 375.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The process, of renewing the operative force of a judgment which has remained dormant or unexecuted for se long a time that execution cannot be Issued upon it without new process to reanimate It. See Brier v. Traders' Nat. Bank, 24 Wash. 695, 64 Pac. 831; Havens v. Sea Shore Land Co., 57 N. J. Eq. 142, 41 Atl. 755. The act of renewing the legal force of a contract or obligation, which had ceased to be sufficient foundation for an action, on account of the running of the statute of limitations, by giving a new promise or acknowledgment of It.