Revive
Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A statute, providing that causes of action founded on contract are " revived " by an admission or new promise, does not imply that the new promise must be made after the debt is barred. Lindsey v. Lyman, 37 Iowa, 206.,In a will which gave property to testator's sons, and directed that, if either should die without issue, his share should go to the "reviving" son, "reviving" was construed to mean " surviving." Pond u. Bergh, 10 Paige, 140.