Recourse Definition
rēkôrs, rĭ-kôrs
noun
The act or an instance of turning to or making use of a person or thing for aid or in an effort to achieve something.
Have recourse to the courts.
American Heritage
A turning or seeking for aid, safety, etc.
To have recourse to the law.
Webster's New World
That to which one turns or may turn in seeking aid, safety, etc.
One's last recourse.
Webster's New World
The right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument, as a bill of exchange.
Webster's New World
A course of action for enforcing a claim; the right of the holder of a note to demand full payment of that note if the terms are not fully honored; the right to be repaid from the borrower’s or cosigner’s personal assets in excess of the collateral.
Webster's New World Law
verb
(obsolete) To return; to recur.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To have recourse; to resort.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Recourse
Noun
Singular:
recourse
Plural:
recoursesOrigin of Recourse
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Middle English recours from Old French from Latin recursus a running back from past participle of recurrere to run back re- re- currere to run kers- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French recours < Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō.
From Wiktionary
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