After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of
all that he brought with him. --Foxe.
2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.]
The small reversion of this great navy which came
home might be looked upon by religious eyes as
relics. --Fuller.
3. (Law) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his
heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has
terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the
proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession,
by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or
less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. --Kent.
4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment;
succession.
For even reversions are all begged before. --Dryden.
5. (Annuities) A payment which is not to be received, or a
benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some
event, as the death of a living person. --Brande &C.
6. (Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character;
atavism.
{Reversion of series} (Alg.), the act of reverting a series.
See {To revert a series}, under {Revert}, v. t.