Category:Reversal

Re*ver"sal, a. Etym: [see reverse.]

Defn: intended to reverse; implying reversal. [obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Reversal Re*ver"sal, n. Etym: [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.