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Recall
The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from a position by a vote of the people prior to the end of the term of office.
Recall is the retiring of an elected officer by a vote of the electorate. Some state constitutions prescribe the procedure that must be followed in a recall—for example, requiring the filing of a petition containing the signatures of a specific number of qualified voters.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
TO RECALL, international law. To deprive a minister of his functions; to supersede him.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.