43-9-3. Reversion, definition.

A reversion is the residue of an estate left by operation of law in the grantor or his successors or in the successors of a testator commencing in possession on the determination of a particular estate granted or devised.

Source: CivC 1877, § 225; CL 1887, § 2741; RCivC 1903, § 248; RC 1919, § 318; SDC 1939, § 51.0409.