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recourse

[ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs]

noun

  1. access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection.

    to have recourse to the courts for justice.

  2. a person or thing resorted to for help or protection.

  3. 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

  1. the act of resorting to a person, course of action, etc, in difficulty or danger (esp in the phrase have recourse to )

  2. a person, organization, or course of action that is turned to for help, protection, etc

  3. 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

  4. a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recourse1

1350–1400; Middle English recours < Old French < Late Latin recursus, Latin: return, retreat, noun use of past participle of recurrere to run back; recur
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recourse1

C14: from Old French recours , from Late Latin recursus a running back, from re- + currere to run
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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.

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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.

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Taxpayers who demonstrate a clear inability to pay the full freight owed anytime soon can be negotiated as a recourse.

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Another former chairman, Tom Wheeler, said he sees an artful strategy by Carr to create turbulence with little recourse.

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“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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