revivor

[Eng. reviv(e); -or.] Law : The reviving of a suit which is abated by the death of one of the parties, by the marriage of a female plaintiff, or for some other cause. "There was no rule authorizing the revivor of a divorce suit after the death of either husband or wife, and the only authority on the point, the case of 'Grant v. Grant,' was against it. What was revivor ! It was a thing praeticed in the Court of Chancery, and writs of revivor were known at common law. But revivor took place on the death of a plaintiff who was seeking to enforce some right which on his death would descend to and vest in his heir or his personal representative, when, if the transmi ion of interest had taken place before the commencement of the suit, the person to whom it was transmitted could himself have sued in respect of it."-London Times. re-vōc-a-bil'-1-ty, s. [English revocable; -ity.] The quality or state of being revocable; revocable ne . revoke 2. To call in return; to repeat. "To the winds the waters hoarsely call, And echo back again revoiced all." Fletcher: Christ's Triumph on Earth. rě-võke', v . t. & i. [O. French revocquer (French révoquer ), from Latin revoco =to call back: re-= back, and voco =to call.] A. Transitive : *1. To call back; to recall. *2. To recall to the mind; to remember. ( South .) 3. To annul by recalling or taking back; to make void; to cancel, to repeal, to reverse. "Revoke that doom of mercy, for 'tis Clifford." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III., ii. 6. *4. To check, to repre . (Spenser.) *5. To draw back. "Enforced them their forward footing to revoke." Spenser: F. Q., III. xi. 21. B. Intransitive: Cards: To renounce or neglect to follow suit, when the player can follow. [RENEGE.] "The player who revoked has to pay the stand hand the value of five tricks."- Field , March 13, 1886. rě-vōke', s. [REVOKE, v.] Cards: The act of revoking or neglecting to follow suit. "But if a player is in doubt as to whether he has renounced in error, he is in time to save a revoke ."-Field, Jan. 30, 1886.