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Definition of Recourse
1. Noun. Act of turning to for assistance. "An appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
Generic synonyms: Aid, Assist, Assistance, Help
Derivative terms: Resort
2. Noun. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security. "Took refuge in lying"
Generic synonyms: Resource
Specialized synonyms: Shadow
Derivative terms: Resort
Definition of Recourse
1. n. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
2. v. i. To return; to recur.
Definition of Recourse
1. Noun. The act of seeking assistance or advice. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To return; to recur. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To have recourse; to resort. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recourse
1. a turning or applying to someone or something for aid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Recourse
1. 1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. "Swift recourse of flushing blood." "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. "Give me recourse to him." (Shak) Without recourse, 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. Origin: F. Recours, L. Recursus a running back, return, fr. Recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recourse
Literary usage of Recourse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XXXVIII Of a good government in external things, and of having recourse
to God in dangers " MY Son, for this thou must diligently make thy endeavour ..."
2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XXXVIII Of a good government in external things, and of having recourse
to God in dangers " MY Son, for this thou must diligently make thy endeavour ..."
3. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"... circumstances frequently forbid us i have recourse to retortion. In this
respect, e*ch nation Reprisals are used between nation and nation in order to ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"When the Indorsement of a note Is "without recourse," the indorser specially ...
Ал Indorsement of a promissory note "without recourse" is evidence of an ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... response and come forth instructed concerning many things that are and shall be.
For always Moses had recourse to the tabernacle for the solving of ..."
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