Recourse /(r?*k?rs")/

Re·course

Recourse

n.
  1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.]
    Unto my first I will have my recourse.
    Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary.
  2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
    Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him.
    Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
  3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
    Give me recourse to him.

Phrases & Compounds
Without recourse
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.

Recourse

v. i.
  1. To return; to recur. [Obs.]
    The flame departing and recoursing.
    — Foxe.
  2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.]