Re*cov"er*y, n. 1.
Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
2. (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of
regaining the position of guard after making an attack.
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.
Re*cov"er*y, n. 1.
Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
2. (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of
regaining the position of guard after making an attack.
