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reversioner
a person entitled to an estate in REVERSION.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
REVERSIONER, estates. One entitled to a reversion.
2. Although not in actual possession, the reversioner having a vested
interest in the reversion, is entitled to his action for an injury done to
the inheritance. 4 Burr. 2141. The reversioner is entitled to the rent, and
this important incident passes with a grant or assignment of the reversion.
It is not inseparable from it, and may be severed and excepted out of the
grant by special words. Co. Litt. 143, a, 151, a, b Cruise, Digest, t. 17,
s. 19.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.