Resumption

Resumption
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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