KJV Dictionary Definition: reversal

reversal

REVERS'AL, a. See Reverse. Intended to reverse; implying reverse.

REVERS'AL, n. from reverse. A change or overthrowing; as the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false. So we speak of the reversal of an attainder or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.

reverse

REVERSE, v.t. revers'. L. reversus, reverto; re and verto, to turn.

1. To turn upside down; as, to reverse a pyramid or cone.

2. To overturn; to subvert; as, to reverse the state.

3. To turn back; as with swift wheel reverse.

4. To turn to the contrary; as, to reverse the scene.

- Or affectations quite reverse the soul.

5. To put each in the place of the other; as, to reverse the distinctions of good and evil.

6. In law, to overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to annul; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence or decree. Judgments are reversed by writs of error; and for certain causes, may be reversed without such writs.

7. To recall. Not in use.

REVERSE, v.i. revers'. To return. Not in use.

REVERSE, n. revers'.

1. Change; vicissitude; a turn of affairs; in a good sense.

By a strange reverse of things, Justinian's law, which for many ages was neglected, now obtains -

2. Change for the worse; misfortune. By an unexpected reverse of circumstances, an affluent man is reduced to poverty.

3. A contrary; an opposite.

The performances to which God has annexed the promises of eternity, are just the reverse of all the pursuits of sense.

reversed

REVERS'ED, pp.

1. Turned side for side or end for end; changed to the contrary.

2. In law, overthrown or annulled.

3. a. In botany, resupinate; having the upper lip larger and more expanded than the lower; as a reversed corol.

reversely

REVERSELY, adv. revers'ly. On the other hand; on the opposite.

reversible

REVERS'IBLE, a. That may be reversed; as a reversible judgment or sentence.

reversing

REVERS'ING, ppr. Turning upside down; subverting; turning the contrary way; annulling.

reversion

REVER'SION, n. L. reversio.

1. In general sense, a returning; appropriately, in law, the returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, after a particular estate is ended. Hence,

2. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of the particular estate granted. Thus when there is a gift in tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any special reservation, vested in the donor by act of law.

3. Succession; right to future possession or enjoyment.

4. In algebra, reversion of series, a kind of reversed operation of an infinite series.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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