 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1867 - 1090 sider
...In Law, a reversion is defined to be the residue of an estate in lands, tenements, or hereditaments, left in the grantor, to commence in possession after...the determination of some particular estate granted by him. Thus, for example, when a landlord grants a lease for years, the estate remaining in him is... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 sider
...land into the possession of the donor, or his heirs, after the gift is ended. Co. Lilt. 142 b. — The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence...determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 2 Bl. Com. 1 75. Thus, where a lease for life or years is made by a person seised in fee, the reversion... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 sider
...long the power of alienation may be suspended, .............. 174 a reversion is the residue of the estate left in the grantor to commence in possession after the determination of a particular estate granted,. . 175 incident to it are usually fealty and rent, ........................ | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 366 sider
...contingent remainders can no longer be destroyed, they have become unnecessary. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to...tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any special reservation, vested in the donor by act of law ; and so also the reversion, after an estate for life,... | |
 | Frank Robertson (F.R.A.S.) - 1873 - 430 sider
...(140), it is a contingent remainder. 142. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left by the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 143. Real property may be acquired legally in various modes, namely, (1) title by possession, (2) descent,... | |
 | Richard Hallilay - 1873 - 216 sider
...Q.—Describe and show the difference between a reversion and a vested remainder.(a) A.—A reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor to commence in possession the moment the prior estate determines. It arises by (a) Twice. I operation of law. A vested remainder... | |
 | Leonard Shelford, Great Britain, Thomas Henry Carson - 1874 - 940 sider
...Bl. Com. 175; Co. Litt. 22 b; Plowd. 151; Watk. on Conv. 120.) An estate in rerersion is therefore the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence...the determination of some particular estate granted by him (Co. Litt. 22), or the returning of the land to the grantor or his heirs after the grant is... | |
 | Henry Morrison Herman - 1876 - 906 sider
...to remain to a determinate person after the particular estate has been spent. A reversionary estate is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to...commence in possession after the determination of some estate granted out by him ; the return of land to the grantor and his heirs after the grant is over.... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 782 sider
...the 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 détermination of some particular estate granted out by him. (q) Sir Edward Coke (r) describes a reversion... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1877 - 640 sider
...but call them executory devises, or devises hereafter to be executed. • III. An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to...in tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any reservation, vested in the donor by act of law : and so also the reversion, after an estate for life,... | |
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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. 
