See Also: recourse(medicine)
recourse(dictionary)
recourse(dictionary)
Without recourse(finance)
Recourse(finance)
Non-recourse(finance)
WITHOUT RECOURSE(law)
Without Recourse(money)
Right of Recourse(money)
Recourse(money)

recourse (iou)



recourse noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French recours from Latin recursus, formed as RE- + cursus COURSE noun1.]
A. noun.
A running or flowing back; a return, a reflux. Also, opportunity or passage to return. LME-M18.
b. A periodic return or recurrence. L16-L17.
Movement or flow in some direction; a course or passage to or into something. LME-M17.
The action or an act of turning or resorting to a person or thing for help, advice, protection, etc. Freq. in have recourse to. LME.
M. Stott Our mothers..could have recourse to a hatpin if attacked. W. Horwood Fear is a numbing thing when there is no recourse to hope.
A person or thing turned or resorted to for help, advice, protection, etc. LME.
R. Lynd Games are the last recourse to those who do not know how to idle.
b. Law (chiefly Scot.). The right to demand financial compensation; esp. the holder's right of claim on the drawer and indorsers if the acceptor fails to honour a bill of exchange. M18.
without recourse: a formula used by the endorser of a bill etc. to disclaim liability for non-payment.
Access or opportunity to resort to (esp. a person). LME-L16.
Usual or habitual visiting of a particular place. E16-E18.
b. (A) gathering of people at a particular time. E16-M17.
b. verb intrans.
Return to (a place, thought, the mind, etc.). L15-M17.
Have recourse to. Now rare or obsolete. L16.