Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion);
- Example: "reversionary annuity"- Example: "reversionary interest"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reversionary \Re*ver"sion*a*ry\, a. (Law)
Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be
enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a
particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reversionary \Re*ver"sion*a*ry\, n. (Law)
That which is to be received in reversion.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reversionary
adj 1: of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a
legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary
interest"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversionary":
atavistic, compensatory, indemnificatory, reactionary, recessive,
recidivist, recidivous, redeeming, redemptional, redemptive,
regressive, reparative, restitutive, restitutory, restorative,
retributive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse,
returnable, reversible, reversional, revertible, revulsionary