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revival

revival : an act or instance of reviving ...


Revival

The act of reviving or the state of being revived...


revive

revive re·vived re·viv·ing : to restore the force, effect, or validity of (as a contract, will, action, or judgment) ...


Revivable

That may be revived...


Revivalism

The spirit of religious revivals the methods of revivalists...


Revivement

Revival...


Reviver

One who or that which revives...


Revive

Revive, to make oneself liable for a debt barred by the Statute of Limitations by acknowledging it; or for a matrimonial offence once condoned by committing another. The legal effect of an acknowledgment of a statute-bared debt is that of a promise to pay the old debt, and for this purpose the old debt is a consideration in law, Philips v. Philips, (1844) 3 Ha 281 (299). As to what will amount to an acknowledgment, see Tanner v. Smart, (1827) 6 B&C 603; Re River Steamer Co., (1871) LR 6 Ch 822; and LIMITATION OF ACTIONS, and, as to testamentary instruments, REPUBLICATION....


Republication of Wills

Republication of Wills, a second publication after cancelling or revoking.The Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), provides in s. 22 as follows:-No will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof, unless an intention to the contrary be shown.Every will re-executed, or republished, or revived by any codicil, shall for the purposes of the Wills Act be deemed to have been made at the time at which the same shall be so re-executed, republished, or revived (s. 34).Every will re-executed, or republished, or revived by any codicil, shall for the purposes of the Wills Act be d...


Revivalist

A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion an advocate for religious revivals sometimes specifically a clergyman without a particular charge who goes about to promote revivals Also used adjectively...


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