recourse

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  1. noun The act or an instance of turning or applying to a person or thing for aid or security: have recourse to the courts.
  2. noun One that is turned or applied to for aid or security: His only recourse was the police.
  3. noun Law The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.

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  • Since the loans are non-recourse, the equity investment partner need not worry about losses taking on the entire purchase, and just needs to be made whole on their relatively very small equity slice. —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
  • Ask the Dolans: What recourse is there against a credit card limit fee? —  BloggingStocks
  • We focused our time on credit analysis and re-underwriting, decreasing short-term recourse liabilities, and setting the company off to continue to produce a very solid dividend. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • What recourse is available to consumers who have a complaint against a national bank or its subsidiary for violations of a state consumer protection law? —  American Thinker
  • If Addison exhausts all legal recourse, the state then must develop execution protocols and even build a death chamber. —  New Hampshire Public Radio
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  1. 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; see kers- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English recours, from Old French (and F.) recours =Provencal recors =Spanish Portuguese recurso =Italian ricorso, recourse, retreat, from Latin recursus, a running back, return, retreat, from recurrere, past participle recursus, run back, retreat: see recur. Cf. course.
  2. from Latin recursare, run back, freq. of recurrere, run back: see recur, and cf. recourse, v.
 

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