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recourse |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recourse \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recourse \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recourse n 1: act of turning to for assistance: "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn: {resort}, {refuge}] 2: something or someone turned to for assistance or security: "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: {refuge}, {resort}]
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