Rescous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rescous \Res"cous\ (r?s"k?s), n. [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr.
     rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See {Rescue}.]
     1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. (Law) See {Rescue}, 2. [Obs.]


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  RESCOUS, crim. law, torts. This word is used synonymously with rescue, (q.v.)
  and denotes the illegal taking away and setting at liberty a distress 
  taken, or a person arrested by due process of law. Co. Litt. 160. 
       2. In civil cases when a defendant is rescued the officer will or will 
  not be liable, as the process under which the arrest is made, is or is not 
  final. When the sheriff executes a fi. fa. or ca. sa. he may take the posse 
  comitatus; Show. 180; and, neglecting to do so, he is responsible; but on 
  mesne or original process, if the defendant rescue himself, vi et armis, the 
  sheriff is not answerable. 1 Holt's R. 537; 3 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 179, S. C. 
  Vide Com. Dig. h.t.; Yelv. 51; 2 T. R. 156; Woodf. T. 521 Bac. Ab. Rescue, 
  D; Doct. Pl. 433.