recoveree

English edit

Etymology edit

Noun edit

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 edit

Alternative forms edit

recoverye, recoeveree, recovery

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /rɛˈkuvəreː/, /rɛˈkɔvəreː/

Noun edit

recoveree (uncountable)

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

Descendants edit

English: recovery

References edit

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