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In all cases when appeals are forbidden, one can make use of the remedy called recursus, which, strictly speaking, is an act by which one petitions the Holy See to grant him redress in a case in which the law does not recognize the right of appeal.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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* Gratiarum cessat decursus, ubi recursus non fuerit.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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"Gratiarum cessat decursus, ubi recursus non fuerit."
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Moreover, from the fifteenth century on, the recursus ab abusu which first arose in france (appel comme d'abus), that is the appeal from an abuse of power by an ecclesiastical authority, did much to weaken and discredit ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Non enim omnes florent, et sunt tristes quædam, quæque non sentiant guadia annorum; nec ullo flore exhilarantur, natalesve pomorum recursus annuos versicolori nuntio promittunt.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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On the other hand, the novel’s plot offers a recuperative recursus: Victor’s refusal to make a female monster halts the technologization of the world precisely at the figurative site of the world’s technological violationthe mother’s body.
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