The giving to a person a favorable character of another. 2. When the party giving the character has acted in good faith, he is not responsible for the injury which a third person, to whom such recommendation was given, may have, sustained in consequence of it, although he was mistaken. 3. But when the recommendation is knowingly untrue, and an injury is sustained, the party recommending is civilly responsible for damages; whether it was done merely for the purpose of benefitting the party recommended, or the party who gives the recommendation. 4. And in case the party recommended was a debtor to the one recommending, and it was agreed prior to the transaction, that the former should, out of the property to be obtained by the recommendation, be paid; or in case of any other species of collusion, to cheat the person to whom the credit is given, they may both be criminally prosecuted for the conspiracy.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In feudal law. A method of converting allodial land into feudal property. The owner of the allod surrendered it to the king or a lord, doing homage, and received it back as a benefice or feud, to hold to himself and such of his heirs aa he had previously nominated to the superior. The act of one person in giving to another a favorable account of the character, responsibility, or skill of a third. Letter of recommendation. A writing whereby one person certifies concerning another that he is of good character, solvent, possessed of commercial credit, skilled in his trade or profession, or otherwise worthy of trust, aid, or employment It may be addressed to an individual or to whom It may concern, and is designed to aid the person commended in obtaining credit employment, etc.