Reversion

[rɪ'vɜːʃ(ə)n] or [rɪ'vɝʒən]

解释:

(noun.) turning in the opposite direction.

(noun.) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation).

(noun.) (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee).

整理:皮尔斯--From WordNet

解释:

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

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

(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.

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

(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.

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

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