Reversionary

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reversionary \Re*ver"sion*a*ry\, a. (Law)
     Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be
     enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a
     particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reversionary \Re*ver"sion*a*ry\, n. (Law)
     That which is to be received in reversion.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reversionary
       adj : of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a
             legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary
             interest"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversionary":
     atavistic, compensatory, indemnificatory, reactionary, recessive,
     recidivist, recidivous, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive,
     regressive, reparative, restitutive, restitutory, restorative,
     retributive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse,
     returnable, reversible, reversional, revertible, revulsionary