Re*cov`er*ee" (-"), n. (Law) The person against whom a judgment is
obtained in common recovery.
Re*cov"er*er (r?*k?v"?r*?r), n. One who recovers.
Re*cov`er*or" (-?r), n. (Law) The demandant in a common recovery after
judgment. Wharton.
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.
Rec"re*ance (r?k"r?*?ns), n. Recreancy.
Rec"re*an*cy (-an*s?), n. The quality or state of being recreant.
Rec"re*ant (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to
forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se
to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called
recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again,
back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to
disavow one's opinion. See Creed.] 1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant
in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
"This recreant knight." Spenser.