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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

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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. Kent. 4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession. For even reversions are all begged before. Dryden. (more info) 1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. After his reversion home, was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe. 2. That which reverts or returns; residue. The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics. Fuller.

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  • FALLALS; FAL-LALS
    Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws. Thackeray.
  • REVERSION
    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
  • FALLER
    A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, falls.
  • ELAPS
    A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.
  • SERIES DYNAMO
    A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
  • PROGRESSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.
  • PROGRESS
    to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
  • COURSED
    1. Hunted; as, a coursed hare. 2. Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.
  • FALLOW
    Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch , a small European bird, the wheatear . See Wheatear. (more info) vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. fölr, and prob. to Lith.
  • GLIDING MACHINE
    A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.
  • COURSE
    1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7. 2. THe ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket.
  • SERIES MOTOR
    A series-wound motor. A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.
  • REVERSIONER
    One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.
  • ROTATION
    1. The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion
  • FALLOPIAN
    Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.
  • DEVOLUTION
    1. The act of rolling down. The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward. 2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable
  • PROGRESSION
    Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. (more info) 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. 2. Course; passage; lapse
  • FALLENCY
    An exception. Jer. Taylor.
  • SUCCESSION
    1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to
  • SERIES
    Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. (more info) together; cf. Gr.
  • THRYFALLOW
    To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • UNFALLIBLE
    Infallible. Shak.
  • RECOURSEFUL
    Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. Drayton.
  • PROLAPSE
    The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum. Dunglison.
  • DELAPSE
    To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.
  • MISFALL
    To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. Chaucer.
  • MISORDER
    To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
  • BEFALL
    To happen to. I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may befall me. Shak.
  • INFALLIBLY
    In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. Blair.

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