REVERSIONARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reversionary mean? 

• REVERSIONARY (adjective)
  The adjective REVERSIONARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)

  Familiarity information: REVERSIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVERSIONARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

reversionary interest

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Pertainym:

reversion ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))

Derivation:

reversion ((law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee))