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  Resort \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction.
     See Resort, v.]
     1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking
        one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as,
        a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to
        have resort to force.
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              Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak.
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     2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place
        of frequent assembly; a haunt.
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              Far from all resort of mirth.         --Milton.
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     3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource;
        refuge.
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     Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final
        tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
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  Resort \Re*sort"\ (r?*z?rt"), n. [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction.
     See Resort, v.]
     1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking
        one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as,
        a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to
        have resort to force.
  
              Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak.
  
     2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place
        of frequent assembly; a haunt.
  
              Far from all resort of mirth.         --Milton.
  
     3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource;
        refuge.
  
     Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final
        tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.

  last resort
       n : French for `worst going' [syn: pis aller]

  last resort
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) The only remaining, often least desirable, option
  when all others have been excluded.

  last resort
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) The only remaining, often least desirable, option
  when all others have been excluded.

  last resort
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) The only remaining, often least desirable, option
  when all others have been excluded.

  last resort
     n.
     (lb en idiomatic) The only remaining, often least desirable, option
  when all others have been excluded.

  last resort /lˈast ɹɪzˈɔːt/
  poslední instance

  last resort /lˈast ɹɪzˈɔːt/ 
  viimeinen keino, viimeinen vaihtoehto
  only remaining option

  last resort /lˈast ɹɪzˈɔːt/ 
  cara pamungkas
  only remaining option

  last resort /lˈast ɹɪzˈɔːt/ 
  最後の手段, 最終手段
  only remaining option

  LAST RESORT. A court of last resort, is one which decides, definitely, 
  without appeal or writ of error, or any other examination whatever, a suit 
  or action, or some other matter, which has been submitted to its judgment, 
  and over which it has jurisdiction. 
       2. The supreme court is a court of last resort in all matters which 
  legally come before it; and whenever a court possesses the power to decide 
  without appeal or other examination whatever, a subject matter submitted to 
  it, it is a court of last resort; but this is not to be understood as 
  preventing an examination into its jurisdiction, or excess of authority, for 
  then the judgment of a superior does not try and decide so much whether the 
  point decided has been so done according to law, as to try the authority of 
  the inferior court. 
  
  

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "last resort":
     action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, countermove,
     coup, course of action, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dodge,
     effort, expedient, gimmick, hope, improvisation, jury-rig,
     jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last shift, makeshift,
     maneuver, means, measure, move, pis aller, recourse, resort,
     resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem,
     stroke, stroke of policy, tactic, temporary expedient, trick,
     trump, working hypothesis, working proposition