Category:Resumption

Re*sump"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. résumption, 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.

2. (eng.Law)

Defn: 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.