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Webster 1913 Edition

Reversal

Re-ver′sal

,
Adj.
[See
Reverse
.]
Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
[Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.

Re-ver′sal

,
Noun.
[From
Reverse
.]
1.
The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position;
as, the
reversal
of a rotating wheel; the
reversal
of objects by a convex lens.
2.
A change or overthrowing;
as, the
reversal
of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the
reversal
of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Reversal

REVERS'AL

,
Adj.
[See Reverse.] Intended to reverse; implying reverse.

REVERS'AL

,
Noun.
[from reverse.] A change or overthrowing; as the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false. So we speak of the reversal of an attainder or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.

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