1. relating to or involving the return of property to a former owner or their heirs
Usage: legal
2. having the right to possess something in the future when current ownership ends
Usage: legal

Examples

• The reversionary interest in the property would pass to his children.
• She held reversionary rights to the family estate.
• The trust included reversionary provisions for the beneficiaries.
• His reversionary claim to the land was disputed in court.
• The lease contained reversionary clauses favoring the landlord.
• Reversionary ownership would take effect after the tenant’s death.