The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recovery \Re*cov"er*y\ (r?*k?v"?r*?), n.
   1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
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   2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the
      like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of
      fright, etc.
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   3. (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to
      something by a verdict and judgment of court.
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   4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
      [Obs.] "Help be past recovery." --Tusser.
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   5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for
      making a new stroke.
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   6. Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
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   7. (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of regaining the position of
      guard after making an attack.
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   Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or
      mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the
      forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but
      now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America.
      --Burrill. Warren.
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Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

COMMON RECOVERY. A judgment recovered in a fictitious suit, brought against
the tenant of the freehold, in consequence of a default made by the person
who is last vouched to warranty in the suit., A common recovery is a kind of
conveyance. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2088, 2092-3. Vide Recovery.