interversion

noun4

1. •
   The swapping of positions within a sequence; transposition or permutation.

   • Interversion of the order between wife, concubine and slave girl was always to be feared, and appropriate provisions appeared in the T'ang code and its successors. — 1956
2. •
   A composition technique in which a sequence of elements composed of notes or rhythms is repeated in permuted orders.

   • Reti's explanation that interversion is sometimes responsible for thematic unity, while without academic precedent, is based upon an acute perception of musical structure. — 1963
3. •
   The process of changing a subsidiary title, such as that of a tenant, to one that is independently held.

   • Acts of interversion cannot take place against minors or other persons against whom prescription is not allowed to run. — 1865
4. •
   (no longer used, rare) Embezzlement.