regressus
The entitlement of a debtor to have a co-debtor pay their share.
uncountable
In Solidarity the guarantor who pays the whole has regressus against his co-guarantors, that is to say, has a power of recovering from them contribution of their share of the debt: whereas the Correal debtor who pays has no regressus or right to contribution.
Reversion to a benefice on default of one's successor.
uncountable
On July 30th 1541, at the entreaty of the king of Scots, the pope provides Reid to the Church of Orkney, void by the death of Robert Maxwell, with retention of the monastery of Kinloss and his other benefices and pensions and right of regressus.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin regressus. Doublet of regress.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry regressus (CC BY-SA 4.0).