revivor, bill of

revivor, bill of
In equity practice, a bill filed for the purpose of reviving or calling into operation the proceedings in a suit when, from some circumstance (as the death of the plaintiff), the suit had abated
+ bill of revivor
One which is brought to continue a suit which has abated before its final consummation as, for example, by death, or marriage of a female plaintiff

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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