| recourse | 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) |
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