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[RECOUP.] Her.: The same as COUPED (q. v.). rě-côup'-ēr, s. [Eng. recoup, v.; -er.] One who recoups. rě-côup'-měnt, s. [Eng. recoup; -ment.] Law: The act of recouping or keeping back a part of a sum due. rě-course', *re-cours, s . [Fr. recours , from Lat. recursum, acc us. of recurs us a running back, a return, a retreat, from recurs us , pa. par. of recurro = to run back: re -back, and curro to run; Sp. & Port. recur so; Ital. ricurso .] *1. Recurrence, return; new or fresh attack. "Preventive physic. prevent eth sickne in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary."Browne: Vulgar Errors. *2. Repeated course; frequent or repeated flowing or pa age. "Their eyes o'ergalled with recourse of tears." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, v. 3. *3. Acce , admi ion. "No man hath recourse to her by night." Shakesp .: Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 1. 4. A going or applying to, as for help, protection, .; a recurrence to a person or line of action in time of difficulty, danger, need, or perplexity. (Generally in the phrase To have recourse .) "You do well to have recourse to your last suasion." With recourse; without recourse : Phrases inserted in commercial documents to indicate respectively two opposite conditions on which a bargain is concluded. 1. With recourse: Implies that a sale or purchase has been made on condition that the thing sold is of the kind or quality taken for granted at the time of the sale. If on examination it is found to be of an e entially different kind or quality, the buyer is entitled to have recourse to the seller, and to claim an annulment of the bargain, or compensation for any lo he may have suffered. 2. Without recourse : Sometimes buyers are willing to take coupons and other instruments, and at the same time to accept any risk attending the transaction. This occurs when there is much competition, or when a seller is willing to take a lower price, in order to be relieved of any risk or trouble attending the transfer. The purchase is then said to be made without recourse . ( Bithell .) chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0297.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0298.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To make up for; to repair the lo or injury of; to atone for, to retrieve. "Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover."-Rogers: Sermons. *6. To get to, to gain, to reach, to attend to. "The forest is not three leagues off: If we recover that, we're sure enough." II. Law : Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, v. 1. 1. To gain as compensation, or in return for injury, damage, or debt; as, to recover damages in a suit. 2. To obtain title to in a court of law. "The lands were recovered against the tenant of the freehold."-Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. xviii. B. Intransitive : IMG:content-0299.png:[blocks in formation] *3. To come, to arrive, to reach. "With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch." -Fuller . 4. To obtain a judgment in law; to be succe ful in a lawsuit. re-cov-er (2), v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. cover, v. (q. v.)] 1. To cover again or anew; as, to recover an umbrella. *2. Hunting: To start, as a hare from her cover or form.