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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To go once. See 15 Nev. 27, 37 Am. Rep. 454. A place of frequent assembly, a haunt. See 73 Cal. 142, quoting Webster.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

n. A court whose decision is final and without appeal is, in reference to the particular case, said to be a "court of last resort."

v. To go back. "It resorted to the line of the mother." Hale, Co.in. Law, c. 1L

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To go back.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

The highest or last court to which a cause may he carried for review is called the court or tribunal " of last resort." See Court.