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Recall \Re*call"\, n. (Political Science) (a) The right or procedure by which a public official,
commonly a legislative or executive official, may be
removed from office, before the end of his term of
office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing
of a petition signed by a required number or percentage
of qualified voters. (b) Short for
recall of judicial decisions, the right or procedure by
which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or
annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in
the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases
involving the police power of the state.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Recall \Re*call"\, v. t.
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops;
to recall an ambassador.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to
withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
Passed sentence may not be recall'd. --Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect;
to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Recall \Re*call"\, n.
1. A calling back; a revocation.
'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past
recall. --Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which
soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. --Wilhelm.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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