REVESTIRE

In old European law. To return or resign an Investiture, seisin, or, possession that has been received; to reinvest; to re-enfeoff. Spelman. … [Read more...] about REVESTIRE

To vest again. A seisin is said to revest, where it is acquired a second time by the party out of whom it has been divested. 1 Rop. Husb. & Wife, 353. It is opposed to "divest" The words "revest" and "divest" are also applicable to. the mere right or title, as opposed to the possession. Brown. … [Read more...] about REVEST

Reversion. A formed on in reverter is a writ which was a proper remedy when the donee in tail or issue died without issue and a stranger abated: or they who were seised by force of the entail discontinued the same. … [Read more...] about REVERTER

To revert; to return to a prior state or condition. With regard to property, when the property returns to the possession of the prior owner. … [Read more...] about REVERT

law of Scotland. A debtor who makes a wadset and to whom the right of reversion is granted. … [Read more...] about REVERSOR