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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resort \Re*sort"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resorted}; p. pr & vb
n. {Resorting}.] [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F.
ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL resortire pref. re-
re- + L. sortiri to draw lots obtain by lot from sors lot
See {Sort}. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then
to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to
appeal, go for protection or refuge.]
1. To go to repair; to betake one's self
What men name resort to him? --Shak.
2. To fall back to revert. [Obs.]
The inheritance of the son never resorted to the
mother, or to any of her ancestors. --Sir M. Hale.
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