n. [ cf. F. résumption, L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume. ] 1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error. [ 1913 Webster ]