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Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. Mitford.

To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.

To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

ading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone.

s asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.

A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.

The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

illotson. Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. -- Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed…

The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.

To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.

To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.

The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him…

who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.

To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.

d and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant. -- Rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

l, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like. Shak.

Privilege or immunity granted by authority.