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

resort \resort"\ r?z?rt", n. cf. f. ressort jurisdiction.
   see resort, v.
   1. the act of going to, or making application; a betaking
      one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as,
      a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to
      have resort to force.
      1913 webster

            join with me to forbid him her resort. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place
      of frequent assembly; a haunt.
      1913 webster

            far from all resort of mirth.         --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. that to which one resorts or looks for help; resource;
      refuge.
      1913 webster

   last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final
      tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
      1913 webster
see also:
resort last resort 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

last resort
     n : french for `worst going' syn: pis aller
see also:
pis aller 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 moby thesaurus words for "last resort":
   action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, countermove,
   coup, course of action, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dodge,
   effort, expedient, gimmick, hope, improvisation, jury-rig,
   jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last shift, makeshift,
   maneuver, means, measure, move, pis aller, recourse, resort,
   resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem,
   stroke, stroke of policy, tactic, temporary expedient, trick,
   trump, working hypothesis, working proposition

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

last resort. a court of last resort, is one which decides, definitely, 
without appeal or writ of error, or any other examination whatever, a suit 
or action, or some other matter, which has been submitted to its judgment, 
and over which it has jurisdiction. 
     2. the supreme court is a court of last resort in all matters which 
legally come before it; and whenever a court possesses the power to decide 
without appeal or other examination whatever, a subject matter submitted to 
it, it is a court of last resort; but this is not to be understood as 
preventing an examination into its jurisdiction, or excess of authority, for 
then the judgment of a superior does not try and decide so much whether the 
point decided has been so done according to law, as to try the authority of 
the inferior court. 

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