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n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.

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	n.) The ~~reverting~~ of ~~real property~~ to the ~~State~~, ~~as original~~ and ~~ultimate proprietor~~, by reason of a ~~failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same~~.		n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.