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An offer of recompense given by authority of law for the performance of some act for the public good; which, when the act has been performed, is to be paid; or it is the recompense actually paid. 2. A reward may be offered by the government or by a private person. In criminal prosecutions, a person may be a competent witness although he expects, on conviction of the prisoner, … [Read more...] about REWARD

(A) contracts. An agreement to renew the legal obligation of a just debt, after it has been barred by the act of limitation or lapse of time, is called its revival. Vide Promise. (B) practice. The act by which a judgment, which has lain dormant or without any action upon it for a year and a day is, at common law, again restored to its original force. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...] about REVIVAL

In old records. Realm, or kingdom. … [Read more...] about REWME

In real property law. A reversion is the residue of an estate left by operation of law in the grantor or his heirs, or in the heirs of a testator, commencing in possession on the determination of a particular estate granted or devised. When a person has an interest in lands, and grants a portion of that interest, or, in other terms, a less estate than he has in himself, the … [Read more...] about REVERSION

That which is to be enjoyed in reversion. Reversionary interest. The interest which a person has in the reversion of lands or other property. A right to the future enjoyment of property, at present iN the possession or occupation of another. Holthouse. "Reversionary lease.' One to take effect in ] future. A second lease, to commence after the expiration of a former lease. … [Read more...] about REVERSIONARY