recourse
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1. recourse - Noun
2. recourse - Verb
Meaning
A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
Access; admittance.
To return; to recur.
To have recourse; to resort.
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have recourse to the courts
an appeal to his uncle was his last resort
his only recourse was the police
took refuge in lying
Adams again argued that the right to petition was a universal right, granted by God, so that those in the weakest positions might always have recourse to those in the most powerful.
Also, franchise agreements carry no guarantees or warranties and the franchisee has little or no recourse to legal intervention in the event of a dispute.