\Re*sump"tion\, n. [cf. F. r['e]sumption, 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.
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.