Legal Term Dictionary

Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes' courts, the inns of court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night o There was an ofticer to order and supervise them, who was entitled 'the master of the revels'. Cowell.

Sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes' courts, the inns of court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night o There was an ofticer to order and supervise them, who was entitled 'the master of the revels'. Cowell. Less...

In the civil law. dpjfbe right of a vendor to^reclaim goods sold out of the possession of the purchaser, where the price was not paid. Story, Confl. Laws, fr.,401. See Benedict v. Schaettle, 12 Ohio St 520; Ellis v* Davis, 109 U. S. 485, 3 Sup. Ct, 827, 27 L. More...

In the civil law. dpjfbe right of a vendor to^reclaim goods sold out of the possession of the purchaser, where the price was not paid. Story, Confl. Laws, fr.,401. See Benedict v. Schaettle, 12 Ohio St 520; Ellis v* Davis, 109 U. S. 485, 3 Sup. Ct, 827, 27 L. Ed. 1006. !".:? Less...

As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner. TJ. S. v. Bromley, 12 How. 90, 13 L. Ed. 905; State V; School Fund Com'rs, 4 Kan. More...

As applied to the income of a government, this is a broad and general term, including all public moneys which the state collects and receives, from whatever source and in whatever manner. TJ. S. v. Bromley, 12 How. 90, 13 L. Ed. 905; State V; School Fund Com'rs, 4 Kan. 268; Fletcher W Oliver, 25 Ark. 295. It also designates the Income of an individual or'private corporation. -Pnblio revenue. The revenue of the government of the state or nation; sometimes, perhaps, that of a municipality.-Revenne law. 4ay Jaw which provides for the assessment and collection of a tax to defray the expenses of the government is a revenue law. Such legislation Is commonly referred to under the general term "revenue measures," and those measures include all the laws by which the government provides means for meeting its expenditures. Peyton v. Bliss, Woolw. 173, Fed. Cas. No. 11,055; The Nashville, 17 Fed. Cas. 1178; Twin City Nat Bank v. Nebeker, 3 App. D. C. 190.- Revenne side of tbe exchequer. That jurisdiction of the court of exchequer, or of the exchequer division of the high court of justice, by which it ascertains and enforces the proprietary rights of the crown against the subjects of the realm. . The praetiee in revenue cases is not affected by the orders and rules linder the judicature act of 1875. Mozley & Whitley. Less...

The annulling or making void a judgment on account of some error or irregularityr Usually spoken of the action by an appellate court. In international law. A declaration by Which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any More...

The annulling or making void a judgment on account of some error or irregularityr Usually spoken of the action by an appellate court. In international law. A declaration by Which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any changes that may happen, to cause a deviation therefrom. Bouvier. Less...

A term frequently used in the judgments of an appellate court, In disposing of the case before it. It then means "to set aside; to annul; to va* cate." Lalthe v. McDonald, 7 Kan. 254.

A term frequently used in the judgments of an appellate court, In disposing of the case before it. It then means "to set aside; to annul; to va* cate." Lalthe v. McDonald, 7 Kan. 254. Less...

In Scotch law. The proprieter of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) of tils lands/ and who has'a'right', on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be replaced in his right. Bell..

In Scotch law. The proprieter of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) of tils lands/ and who has'a'right', on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be replaced in his right. Bell.. Less...

See ERROR.

See ERROR. Less...

L. Lat. In old English law. The returning of land to the donor Fleta, lib. 3, cc. 10, 12. Roversio terras est tanqnam terra rove rtens in possessione dona tori, sive bredibns suis post donnm nnitnm. Co. Litt 142. A reversion of land is, as it were, the return of More...

L. Lat. In old English law. The returning of land to the donor Fleta, lib. 3, cc. 10, 12. Roversio terras est tanqnam terra rove rtens in possessione dona tori, sive bredibns suis post donnm nnitnm. Co. 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. Less...

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 tbe possession or occupation of another. Holthouse.-t"Rever-sionary lease.' One to take effect in ] future. More...

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 tbe possession or occupation of another. Holthouse.-t"Rever-sionary lease.' One to take effect in ] future. A second lease, to commence after the expiration of a former lease. Wharton. Less...

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. How. St Mich.. 1882, ? 5528; Civ. More...

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. How. St Mich.. 1882, ? 5528; Civ. Code Cal. | 768; 2 Bl. Comm. 175. And see Barber v. Brundage, 50 App. Div. 123, 63 N. Y. Supp. 347; Payn v. Beal, 4 Denio (N. Y.) 411; Powell v. Railroad Co., 16 Or. 33, 16 Pac. 868, 8 Am. St Rep. 251; Wlngate v. James, 121 Ind. 69, 22 N. E. 735; Byrne v. Weller, 61 Ark. 366, 33 S. W. 421. When a person has an interest in lands, and grants a portion of that interest or, in other terras, a less eBtate than he has in himself, the possession of those lands shall, on the determination of the granted interest or estate, return or revert to the grantor. This interest is what is called the "grantor's reversion," or, more properly, his "right of reverter," which, however, is deemed an actual estate in the land. Watk. Conv. 16. Where an estate Is derived, by grant or otherwise, out of a larger one, leaving in the original owner an ulterior estate immediately expectant on that which is so derived, the ulterior interest is called the "reversion." 1 Steph. Comm. 290. A reversion is the residiie of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate; while a remainder is an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined. Todd v. Jackson, 26 N. J. Law, 525. In personalty. "Reversion" is also used to denote a reversionary Interest; e. p., an interest in personal property subject to the life interest of some other person. In Scotch law. A reversion is a right of redeeming landed property which has been either mortgaged or adjudicated to securt the payment of a debt. In the fqrmer case, the reversion is called "conventional;" in the latter case, it is called "legal;" and the period of seven years allowed; for redemption is called the "legal." Bell; Paterson. -Legal reversion. In Scotch law. The period within which a proprietor is at liberty to redeem land adjudged from him for debt. Less...