recussion

Noun

recussion

1. The act of beating or striking back.
   • Neither the recussion, nor the retrocession of the sea, were as violent as might have been expected.1824 April, F. Place, “Account of the Earthquake in Chili, in November, 1822, from Observations made by several Englishmen residing in that Country”, in Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and...
   • The brig reeled under the recussion of the simultaneous discharge of all her larboard guns, and her captain, leaning over the gun in the after port closely watched the effect upon the schooner, which, when last seen, was not half a mile distant.1845, J.H. Ingraham, The Cruiser of the Mist, page 21
2. The cancellation of all or part of a judgment.
   • Also, at the end of 30 years, over the 1260, or into the period of judgment, we are to expect, not a remarkable event, but some alteration in the course of judgment, some recussion or increase of it, or something worthy to be noted, which may perhaps discover itself in the course of our progress.1826, Edward Irving, Babylon and Infidelity Foredoomed of God, page 174
   • providing that the Judge of the District Court having jurisdiction of the case shall grant the application fixing the amount and conditions of the bond precedent thereto, providing for the service of a copy of the petition, writs, and citation, fixing the return day, and making it obligatory upon...1918, Louisiana. Legislature. Senate, Official Journal, page 170