Reverts

The land granted must be worked at least one year out of every three, else the title reverts to the government, and can be allotted again. ❋ Thomas Wallace Knox (1865)

Capstone will manage it for the next 40 years or until the bonds are paid off and the title reverts to the university. ❋ By RONDA KAYSEN (2012)

If a title reverts to the original homeowner, title insurance should cover any financial loss incurred if the new owner is ordered to vacate the house. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Momma (spelt that way) evokes the "red-hot momma" notion; spelt mama, but pronounced the same way, the word reverts to familial status. ❋ Unknown (1976)

They believe that is in the nature of things, which is why converts are referred to as "reverts" - having reverted to their notional natural islam. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The new survey revealed that one in six Americans who belong to their childhood faith are "reverts" - people who left the faith, only to return later. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pegg reverts from the slacker Shaun to the militant career man Nicholas without missing a beat, always sticking to the rules and guidelines, even in social situations, and expressing restrained befuddlement at the town’s often unbearable quirks and eccentric denizens. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The title now reverts to a woman in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2011)

- Triple the military budget, and name reverts from Dept. of Defense to Dept. of War ❋ Unknown (2009)

GALLAGHER: They're called reverts, not converts, because in the Muslim religion, they actually consider that in a certain -- to a certain extent, everybody is already Muslim, in the sense that if you believe already in the one god, as Jews and Christians do, then for Islam, you are -- in a certain sense you already have that seed of Islam within you. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Myryan's expression reverts to one of polite interest. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (2000)

But, as soon as I do, the password reverts back to the shorter, incorrect one!!! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Verity, I accept that what you say can be applied to many women who wear the burqa, especially those white middle/upper class "reverts" to Islam. ❋ Unknown (2010)

EXCEPT, that I would bet (and this is a conjecture but one based upon long observation of Burka sponsors in the news) that the proportion of specifically white "reverts" to Islam who wear the Burka is far higher than the proportion of non-white Muslims who wear it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The white "reverts" tend to be the most vehement supporters of such outward synbols of Islam. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My problem with the idea of "reverts" is different to John Doe's. ❋ Unknown (2008)