Recourse 在法律英语中一般指的是追索权，具体而言，即是指在造成他人损害中，超过自身应承担的责任时，可以向应承担责任的主体追要损失的权利。有时也可特指票据追索权，在此时亦可称为偿还请求权，是指在造成他人损害中，超过自身应承担的责任时，可以向应承担责任的主体追要损失的权利。

法律上常见的追索权主要有以下几种：（From Wikipedia）

A legal recourse is an action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty:

A lawsuit if the issue is a matter of civil law

Contracts that require mediation or arbitration before a dispute can go to court

Referral to police or prosecutor for investigation and possible criminal charges if the matter is a criminal violation

Petition to a legislature or other law-making body for a change in the law if a law is thought to be unjust.

Petition to a president or governor or monarch other chief executive or other official with power to pardon.

Recourse在合同中出现时，一般译为“诉诸”或“追索权”，以下为相关双语示例：

例1：

Financial Indebtedness means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

(a)the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

(b)receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

金融负债是指基于下列事项产生或者与下列事项有关的任何负债：

(a)与根据一般公认会计原则/国际财务报告准则被视为融资或资本租赁的任何租约或分期购买合同有关的任何负债金额；

(b)出售或贴现的应收票据（以无追索权的方式出售的任何应收票据除外）；

例2：

The legal remedy under the respective chapter could therefore never be totally exhausted, since the possibility of recourse to this remedy always existed for an asylum-seeker at risk of expulsion. 

鉴于面临驱逐风险的寻求庇护者始终可以诉诸这种补救办法，因此，依据上述章节规定，可诉诸的法律补救办法永远也不会完全援用穷尽。