resumption

Noun
Synonyms: recommencement

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. beginning againSynonyms: recommencement
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Resumption \Re*sump"tion\, n. [cf. F. r['e]sumption, L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume.]

1.The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc. [1913 Webster]

2.(Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error. [1913 Webster]

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