reverter
/rɪˈvɜrtər/
noun
- A legal right by which property returns to the original owner or their heirs after a temporary grant ends.
- Under the reverter, the estate went back to the donor's descendants.
- The deed included a reverter clause that returned the land to the family if it was no longer used for farming.
- The lawyer explained the reverter in the contract to the new buyer.
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