reservorn.
/rᵻˈzəːvə/, U.S. /rəˈzərvər/, /riˈzərvər/ Law. Now U.S.
A person who retains rights or interests in a grant; a person who makes a reservation (reservation n. 1a). Cf. reserver n.1 1.
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1651 T. Ireland Exact Abridgm. Rep. Sir J. Dyer 294 A man grants a reversion for life or yeers, rendring when the reversion shall happen 10. pound rent; that is to be understood, when the possession of the reversion shall fall, or happen, because most strong against the Reservor.
1751 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity (new ed.) XIX. 141 (header) In Respect of the Reservor.
1833 Rep. Supreme Court Vermont 4 626 The same rule applies to an exception or reservation, viz. that it shall be taken most strictly against the exceptor or reservor.
1889 G. Sharswood & H. Budd Leading Cases Law Real Prop. decided in Amer. Courts IV. 29 A reservation is merely setting apart to and making apparent in the reservor who conveys his estate, a power which has all the time existed in him.
1942 Texas Law Rev. 20 272 A grant or reservation of a ‘royalty’ is considered a grant or reservation of a fee interest in the minerals entitling the grantor or reservor to share in any bonus.
1996 BLM Oil & Gas (Oversight hearing before U.S. Congress House Resources Comm.) 78 The mineral was not produced and the reservor did not benefit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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