Re*cov"er*y , n.
1. Act of
regaining the natural position after
curtseying.
2. (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack.
Re*cov"er*y (r?*k?v"?r*?), n. 1. The act of
recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
2.
Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
3. (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and
judgment of court.
4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
[Obs.]
"Help be past recovery."
Tusser.
5. In
rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a
new stroke.
Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of
conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action
at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren.
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