43-9-3. Reversion, definition.
A reversion is the residue of an estate left by operation of law in the grantor or his successors or in the successors of a testator commencing in possession on the determination of a particular estate granted or devised.
Source: CivC 1877, §225; CL 1887, §2741; RCivC 1903, §248; RC 1919, §318; SDC 1939, §51.0409.