have recourse
Example Sentences
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On a 780 to 72 vote, lawmakers explicitly concluded that, in Article 34, "the law determines the conditions in which a woman has the guaranteed freedom to have recourse to an abortion."
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024
"It is our view that they have recourse to legal action, and we are investigating those legal claims."
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
Sometimes in democracies people have recourse against those who abuse power.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
State and federal officials have urged the tribe to stop but haven’t taken effective steps, he said, arguing his clients should have recourse as U.S. citizens, whether enrolled as Nooksack or not.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023
‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
