common recoveries

A form of common recovery — A legal proceeding in England that enabled lawyers to convert an entailed estate into absolute ownership, fee simple, by means of a legal fiction.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of common recovery
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APA

common recoveries. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20recoveries

MLA

“common recoveries.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20recoveries. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common recoveries,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20recoveries.

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