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1. To recoup, to once again be in possession of that which has been lost. 2. To become healthy or return to a normal condition after an illness or abnormal condition. 3. To receive an award as compensation pursuant to a lawsuit or settlement. … [Read more...] about RECOVER

A writ of right of dower whereof the widow had nothing, which lay where her deceased husband, having divers lands or tenements, had assured no dower to his wife, and she thereby was driven to sue for her thirds against the heir or his guardian. Abolished. … [Read more...] about RECTO DE DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABET

In old conveyancing. The party who suffered a common recovery. … [Read more...] about RECOVEREE

A writ of right of ward of the land and heir. Abolished. … [Read more...] about RECTO DE OUSTODIA TERRAE ET HAEREDIS

The name commonly given to the process of reorganising, by acts of congress and executive action, the governments of the states which had passed ordinances of secession, and of re-establishing their constitutional relations to the national government, restoring their representation in congress, and effecting the necessary changes in their internal government, after the close of … [Read more...] about RECONSTRUCTION