recourse

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 ]