'Resumption' definitions:

Definition of 'resumption'

From: WordNet
noun
Beginning again [syn: resumption, recommencement]

Definition of 'Resumption'

From: GCIDE
  • Resumption \Re*sump"tion\, n. [cf. F. r['e]sumption, L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume.]
  • 1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error. [1913 Webster]

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