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recourse
[ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs]
noun
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection.
to have recourse to the courts for justice.
a person or thing resorted to for help or protection.
the right to collect from a maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument. The endorser may add the words “without recourse” on the instrument, thereby transferring the instrument without assuming any liability.
recourse
/ ɪˈɔː /
noun
the act of resorting to a person, course of action, etc, in difficulty or danger (esp in the phrase have recourse to )
a person, organization, or course of action that is turned to for help, protection, etc
the right to demand payment, esp from the drawer or endorser of a bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument when the person accepting it fails to pay
a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of recourse1
Example Sentences
It went on to list a series of ways staff could raise issues, before adding that resignation was an "ultimate recourse" and "honourable course" for those with profound disagreements over government policy.
The alliance has portrayed the city’s homelessness response programs as irrevocably broken, arguing that the only recourse is for the judge to turn them over to a third-party receiver.
Taxpayers who demonstrate a clear inability to pay the full freight owed anytime soon can be negotiated as a recourse.
Another former chairman, Tom Wheeler, said he sees an artful strategy by Carr to create turbulence with little recourse.
“If they can do this, they can cause any American citizen to disappear without recourse. At some point, the court will need to hold an official in contempt for violating its order.”
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