revivor

English

Noun

revivor (plural revivors)

(Britain, law) revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties.
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(Ireland, law) revival into force of a statute which had previously been repealed
- 1962 Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962 §2(2) Irish Statute Book, No. 29 of 1962:
  Where any enactment not repealed by this Act has been confirmed, revived or perpetuated by any enactment hereby repealed, such confirmation, revivor or perpetuation shall not be affected by the repeal.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for revivor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

revīvor

first-person singular present passive indicative of revīvō

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