reversion

名词 reversion:

1. (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)
2. a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
3. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
   同义词：atavism, throwback
4. turning in the opposite direction
   同义词：reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
5. returning to a former state
   同义词：regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion
6. a failure to maintain a higher state
   同义词：backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting

1. Reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
   无继承人的土地充公在缺少继承人或申请者时转给国家的财产
2. Reversion of land held under feudal tenure to the manor in the absence of legal heirs or claimants.
   无继承人的土地规领主缺少法定继承人或继承申请者的封地的所有权的转归领主
3. A reversion to a former type or ancestral characteristic.
   返祖恢复到从前的类型或祖先的特征

re.ver.sion

n.（名词）
A return to a former condition, belief, or interest.
恢复，回复，复原：向早期状态、信仰或兴趣的回归
A turning away or in the opposite direction; a reversal.
反向，反转：偏离或转向相反方向；逆转
Genetics A return to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation.
【遗传学】 返祖遗传：向正常表现型的返回，通常是通过第二次突变
Law
【法律】
The return of an estate to the grantor or to the grantor`s heirs or successor after the grant has expired.
归还，归属：在赠予期满后，财产对赠予者或赠予者的继承者或继任者的返回
The estate thus returned.
这样返回的财产
The right to succeed to an estate.
继承财产的权力