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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, the tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. See common.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law The person against whom a judgement is obtained in common recovery.

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recover +‎ -ee

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