Re-sŭmp'tion, n.

(zŭm'shun, 84), n. [Fr. résumption, Sp. resuncion, Lat. resumptio, from resumere, Sp. resuncion, It. reassunzione, riassunzione. See supra.]

1. The act of resuming, taking back, or taking again; as, the resumption of a grant.
2. [Eng. Law.] The taking again into the king's hands such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions. Craig.