Recall
Definition of Recall
Re`call´ Pronunciation: rė`kạl´ | 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. | | 3. | To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days. | | n. | 1. | A calling back; a revocation.'T is 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. | | 3. | (Political Science) 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. |
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