Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Recession

A period characterized by a sharp slowdown in economic activity, declining employment, and a decrease in investment and consumer spending. Cf. DEPRESSION.

recess

n. 1. A brief break in judicial proceedings <the court granted a two-hour recess for lunch>. Cf. CONTINUANCE (3). 2. An interval between sittings of the same legislative body <Congress took a monthlong recess>. -recess (ri-ses), vb.

recessus maris

[Latin] A going back or retreat of the sea. See RELICTION.