(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.

(5):

(n.) That which reverts or returns; residue.

(6):

(n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reversion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/reversion.html. 1828.

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