<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.</li><li>a person or thing resorted to for help or protection.</li><li>the right to collect from a maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument.</li><li>The endorser may add the words “without recourse” on the instrument, thereby transferring the instrument without assuming any liability.</li></ul>