reversionary

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Adjective reversionary has 1 sense

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

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Reversionary

Definition:

(adjective) Relating to or indicating reversion, inheritance, or succession.

Sense 1:

(adjective) Relating to the act or process of returning to a previous state or condition.

Example sentence: The reversionary rights of the property were assigned to his children.

Sense 2:

(adjective) Relating to or of the nature of a legal or proprietary interest that reverts to its former owner upon the end of a particular estate.

Example sentence: The reversionary interest in the land was transferred to the local government.

Sense 3:

(noun) A person entitled to succeed to a particular estate upon the death of the current possessor.

Example sentence: The reversionary will states that the estate shall pass to his eldest son upon his demise.