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Quotation dates: 1838
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RECUR, v. Also recurr (Sc. 1702 Analecta Scot (Maidment 1834) 118). Sc. usage, with on: to come back on, have legal recourse to. See Recourse.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 827:
Recourse is the right competent to an assignee or disponee . . . to recur on the vender or cedent for relief.
