reversionary
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editreversionary (plural reversionaries)
- A reversioner.
Adjective
editreversionary (comparative more reversionary, superlative most reversionary)
- Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate.
- a reversionary interest or right
- 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:
- If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.
- 1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows:
- Small animals
Began to mooch around and climb up this
Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom.