recall of judicial decisions

Recall \Re*call"\, n.
   1. A calling back; a revocation.
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            'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which
      soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. --Wilhelm.
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   3. (Political Science)
      (a) 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.
      (b) Short for

   {recall of judicial decisions}, the right or procedure by
      which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or
      annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in
      the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases
      involving the police power of the state.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]