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Revivor

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In equity practice. A bill used to renew an original bill which, for some reason, has become inoperative. The purpose of a revivor is to renew a dormant judgment and to give it its original force as a lien on the judgment debtor's property. 209 III. 249. See "Bill of Revivor."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. Bill, I. 17.