recoveree

English

Etymology

Noun

recoveree (plural recoverees)

(law) The person against whom a judgement is obtained in common recovery.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “recoveree”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

recoverye, recoeveree, recovery

Etymology

From Old French recovree; equivalent to recoveren +‎ -e (participial suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɛˈkuvəreː/, /rɛˈkɔvəreː/

Noun

recoveree (uncountable)

(rare, Late Middle English) Restoration or granting of that which is legally due.

Descendants

English: recovery

References

“recoverī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-08-07.

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