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reversioner

reversioner

1 9.9
A person who gets a property after the current owner or tenant stops having it
  • noun
  • /rɪˈvɜrʒənər/
  • Formal
: reversionista
  • Under the lease agreement, the reversioner will regain possession of the land after ten years.

Examples

  • If the life tenant dies, the property passes automatically to the reversioner.

  • The rights of a reversioner can sometimes be affected by the actions of the current tenant.

  • The reversioner will receive the property after the lease ends.

  • Who is the reversioner in this case?

  • If the life tenant dies, the property passes automatically to the reversioner.

  • Under the lease agreement, the reversioner will regain possession of the land after ten years.

  • The rights of a reversioner can sometimes be affected by the actions of the current tenant.

Surface Forms

reversioner singular
reversioners plural

Morphology

reversioner = reversion (semi-transparent) = re + version + er

The word is formed regularly from the legal noun 'reversion' plus '-er', but the specialized property-law sense is not fully obvious to a general learner.

Etymology

Reversioner comes from the verb revert, which means 'to turn back' or 'return', plus the ending -er, which makes a word name a person, as in teacher. So a reversioner is the person who will 'get back' or regain the property when the current lease or life estate ends.