About The Word Recourse
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Recourse
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What's The Definition Of Recourse?
[n] act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
[n] something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" Synonyms | Synonyms for Recourse: refuge | refuge | resort | resort Related Terms | Find terms related to Recourse: See Also | aid | assist | assistance | help | resource | shadow Recourse In Webster's Dictionary \Re*course"\ (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a
running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back.
See {Recur}.]
1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a
previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat;
recurence. [Obs.] ``Swift recourse of flushing blood.''
--Spenser.
Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the
healthy, or the recourse thereof in the
valetudinary. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like;
access or application for aid; resort.
Thus died this great peer, in a time of great
recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden.
3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Give me recourse to him. --Shak.
{Without recourse} (Commerce), words sometimes added to the
indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the
indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent
holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
\Re*course"\, v. i. 1. To return; to recur. [Obs.] The flame departing and recoursing. --Foxe. 2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. |
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