See Also: wistless(dictionary)
rescue(medicine)
rescue(1)(dictionary)
rescue(2)(dictionary)
RESCUE, mar(law)
"Rescue" - Golf(gambling)
rescue work(medicine)
rescue 1, verb(dictionary)
rescue 2, noun(dictionary)

RESCUE, mar (law) and wistless (iou)


RESCUE, mar (law)


RESCUE, mar. war. The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. There is still another kind of rescue which partake' s of the Nature enemy. There is still another kind of rescue which partake' s of the Nature of a recapture; it occurs when the weaker party before he is overpowered, of a recapture; it occurs when the weaker party before he is overpowered, obtains relief from the arrival of fresh succors, and is thus preserved from obtains relief from the arrival of fresh succors, and is thus preserved from the force of the enemy. 1 Rob. Rep. 224; 1 Rob. Rep. 271. the force of the enemy. 1 Rob. Rep. 224; 1 Rob. Rep. 271. 2. Rescue differs from recapture. (q.v.) The rescuers do not by the 2. Rescue differs from recapture. (q.v.) The rescuers do not by the rescue become owners of the property, as if it had been a new prize -- but rescue become owners of the property, as if it had been a new prize -- but the property is restored to the original owners by the right of the property is restored to the original owners by the right of postliminium. (q.v.) postliminium. (q.v.)

wistless (iou)



wistless adjective.poet. M18-E19.
[Irreg. from WISTLY, or from WIST(FUL + -LESS.]
Inattentive, unobservant.