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resorting |
1 definition found 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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