Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, the tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. See
common .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The person against whom a
judgement is obtained in common recovery.
Etymologies
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recover + -ee
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Examples
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Kitteh be in mai prayers and im teh prayers of mai goggies and mai kittehs fur speedee recoveree!
it’s ok, answer the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Learning to live with a recovering psychopath was almost as difficult as being the recoveree.
Alliance Oltion, Jerry 1990
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