Without recourse

Without recourse
Recourse Re*course" (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See {Recur}.] 1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] ``Swift recourse of flushing blood.'' --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. [1913 Webster]

Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]

Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Give me recourse to him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{Without recourse} (Commerce), 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. [1913 Webster]


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