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1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. (at cited word) This feigned Tenant, if it be a single Recovery, is made to appear and vouch the Bag-bearer of Writs, for the Custos Brevium, in the Court of Common Pleas.

1738 R. Manby Law & Pract. Fines & Recoveries 257 The Recovery with a single Voucher, which is called a single Recovery, is used to bar the Tenant in Tail, and his Heirs, of such Estate-tail which is in his Possession.

1860 Rep. Court of Chancery New Jersey 1 425 It is objected that a single recovery in ejectment is not conclusive.

1862 Rep. Supreme Court Wisconsin 13 97 If the borrower chooses..to waive his right to a treble recovery.

1899 W. M. McKinney & T. J. Michie Encycl. Reading & Practice 481 Usually and unless there are special provisions to the contrary, there should be a single recovery for all the elements of damage for which a recovery is asked and which the evidence warrants, and the verdict should make a single reward.

1905 S. D. Thompson Comm. Law of Negligence in All Relations 359 The charge in another case that the jury should include in the damages whatever the evidence showed the plaintiff had lost in being rendered unable to work or less able to work, and also what he had paid out for medicines and doctors' bills by reason of the injuries, and also a reasonable pecuniary compensation for the bodily injuries, disabilities, pain, suffering, and distress caused by the accident, was likewise held objectionable as authorizing a double recovery.

1910 Catholic Encycl. (1913) IX. 85/2 In some instances, a triple, or even quadruple, recovery might be had.

1991 P. A. LeBel John Barleycorn must Pay 235 At first glance, the plaintiff might appear to be getting a double recovery, first, from the health insurer and the employer, and second from the defendant who is now held liable to compensate the plaintiff for the same item of loss.