 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1910 - 458 pages
...some change of meaning and some consequent confusion. The term reversion in relation to realty means ' the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out of him ' (Blackstone), and it is never created by deed or will,... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - Law - 1910 - 1330 pages
...Dig. 701. ESTATE IN REVERSION. A species of estate in expectancy, created by opera: tion of law, being the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 2 Bl. Comm. 175 ; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 978, § 2345. The... | |
 | Charles Erehart Chadman - Law - 1912 - 624 pages
...act and operation of the law itself, and this is called a reversion. III. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. (q) Sir Edward Coke (r) describes a reversion to be the... | |
 | Charles Leonard-Stuart - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 648 pages
...an estate to the grantor or his heirs after a particular estate is ended. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. The term is sometimes improperly extended to any future... | |
 | William Pinckney Fishback, Arnold Bennett Hall - Law - 1915 - 576 pages
...being and twenty-one years afterwards. § 391. Estates in reversion. — An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. It grows out of the legal maxim that whatever a man does... | |
 | Fred P. Caldwell - Law - 1916 - 1250 pages
...derived out of his estate." Alexander v. De Kermel, 81 Ky. 350, 5 R. 382. "An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him." Id. Where a deed to a schoolhouse lot shows that it was... | |
 | John R. Cox - Admission to the bar - 1916 - 614 pages
...descends from an ancestor to two or more persons. 22. What is a reversion in an estate? A reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. It is never created Indeed, but arises by operation of law.... | |
 | James Arthur Ballentine - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1916 - 648 pages
...would warrant the appellate court in reversing the judgment. See 6 NM 611, 30 Pac. 901. Reversion. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. See 16 Or. 33, 8 Am. St. Rep. 251, 16 Pac. 863. Reversionary.... | |
 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1921 - 528 pages
...obverte. "Rpvprsintl ( re-ver'shun ) , in law, the neversion ¿eeldut of ^ •eetau left ^ the granter, to commence in possession after the determination of the particular estate granted by him. The estate returns to the granter or his heirs after the grant is over. In insurance business... | |
 | Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - Law - 1922 - 1150 pages
...vested contingent right of future enjoyment. See "Expectancy." Reversion. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 2 Bl. Comm. 175. See "Reversion." Remainders. An estate... | |
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An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 
