A legal error or mistake that is made at trial that is of such substantial significance that the appellate court is compelled to reverse judgment. … [Read more...]
REVERSIO
Lat. In old English law. The returning of land to the donor. Fleta, lib. 3, cc. 10, 12. Reversio terrse est tanquant terra re vertens in possessione donatori, sive haeredibus suis post donum nnitum. Go. Litt. 142. A reversion of land is, as it were, the return of the land to the possession of the donor or his heirs after the termination of the estate granted. … [Read more...]
REVERSION
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...]
REVERSIONARY
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...]
REVELS
Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes courts, the inns of court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night. There was an ofticer to order and supervise them, who was entitled 'the master of the revels'. Cowell. … [Read more...]