Re*call", n. (Political Science)
(a) The right or procedure by which a public
official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed
from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the
people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required
number or percentage of qualified voters. (b)
Short for recall of judicial decisions, the
right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly
reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in
the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the
police power of the state.
Re*call" (r&esl;*k&add;l"), v. t.
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to
recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
If Henry were recalled to life
again.
Shak.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to
take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a
decree.
Passed sentence may not be
recall'd.
Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory;
to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Re*call", n. 1. A
calling back; a revocation.
'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past
recall.
Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle,
or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
Wilhelm.
Re*call", n. (Political Science)
(a) The right or procedure by which a public
official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed
from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the
people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required
number or percentage of qualified voters. (b)
Short for recall of judicial decisions, the
right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly
reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in
the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the
police power of the state.
