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Resort
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RESORT. The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
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Crossing that boundary is not something to be done as a first resort, if ever.
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Causes cited by paramedic officials include overall population growth, especially among the elderly; more immigrants turning to the emergency system for health care; and rapid growth in the uninsured population that turns to the emergency system as a first resort.
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``As a society, we must not tolerate the death penalty for our innocent wildlife as a first resort, but only as a means of last resort,'' she said.
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