Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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reversion | Yes | No | No | No |
escheat | Yes | No | No | No |
reversion (noun) | escheat (noun) |
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a failure to maintain a higher state | a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs |
turning in the opposite direction | the property that reverts to the state |
returning to a former state | |
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) | |
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | |
(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) |