RETURN

The act of a sheriff, con- stable, or other ministerial officer, in deliver- ing back to the court a writ, notice, or other paper, which he was required to serve or ex- ecute, with a brief account of his doings un- der the mandate, the time and mode of serv- ice or execution, or his failure to accomplish it, as the case may be. Also the indorsement made by the officer upon the writ or other paper, stating what he has done under it, the time and mode of service, etc. The report made by the court, body of mag- istrates, returning board, or other authority charged with the official counting of the votes cast at an election. In English practice, the election of a mem- ber of parliament is called his "return."

The act of a sheriff, constable, or other ministerial officer, in de livering back to the court a writ, notice, or other paper, which he was required to serve or execute, with a brief account of his doings under the mandate, the time and mode of service or execution, or his failure to accomplish it, as the case may be. Also the indorsement made by the officer upon the writ or other paper, stating what he has done under it, the time and mode of service, etc. The report made by the court, body of magistrates, returning board, or other authority charged with the official counting of the votes cast at an election. In English practice, the election of a member of parliament is called his “return.” —False return. <A return to a writ, in which the officer charged with it falsely reports tnat he served it, when he did not, or makes some other false or incorrect statement, whereby injury results to a person interested. State v. Jenkins, 170 Mo. 16, 70 S. W. 152.—General return-day. The day for the general return of all writs of summons, subpceena, etc., running to a particular term of the court.—Returnk. The book containing the list of members returned to the house of commons. May, Parl. Pr.—Return-day. The day named in # writ or process, upon which the officer is required to return it.—Return pebiag, Srv dave tek A writ allowed by the statute of Westm. 2, c. 2, to a defendant who had had judgment upon verdict or demurrer in an action of replevin or after the plaintiff had, on a writ of second deliverance, become a second time nonsuit in such action. By this writ the goods were returned to the defendant, and the plaintiff was restrained from suing out a fresh replevin. Previously to this statute, an unsuccessful plaintiff might bring actions of replevin in infinttum, in reference to the same matter. 1. Comm. 150.—Return of premium. The repayment of the whole or a ratable part of the premium pels for a policy of insurance, upon the cancelation of the contract before the time fixed for its expiration—Return of writs. In practice. A short account, in writing, made by the sheriff, or other ministerial] officer, of the manmer a which he has executed a writ. Steph.

(1122) he is at liberty to declare that he will treat the subjects of that nation in the same manner. This is called "retorsion." Man. Int. Law 142. Compare REPRISALS; EM- - 1. To writ.-A return is a report by an officer of a court showing the manner in which he has performed a duty imposed on him. Thus, the sheriff or other officer executing a writ of execution has to return or report to the court what he has done in RETRAXIT, (cannot be entered by attorney). pursuance of it, though in most cases it is Cro. Jac. 211.

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again. With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. Milton. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. Pope. To revert; to pass back into possession. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 1Kings xii. 26. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to return to my story." Fielding.

To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse. Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye. Spenser. To repay; as, to return borrowed money. To give in requital or recompense; to requite. The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. 1 Kings ii. 44. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie. If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am. Dryden. To report, or bring back and make known. And all the people answered together, . . . and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. Ex. xix. 8. To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election. Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. [Eng.] To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ. To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. Instead of a ship, he should llevy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use. Clarendon. To bat (the ball) back over the net. To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club. To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner.

The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary. At the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 1 Kings xx. 22. His personal return was most required and necessary. Shak. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis. You made my liberty your late request: Is no return due from a grateful breast Dryden. That which is returned. Specifically: A payment; a remittance; a requital. I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond. Shak. An answer; as, a return to one's question. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information. The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. The fruit from many days of recreation is very little; but from these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great. Jer. Taylor. The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south. The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court. The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document. The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners. A day in bank. See Return day, below. Blackstone. An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc. The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a plaything. -- Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another. -- Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings. -- Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their previous movement in another flue. -- Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.

To come or go back (to a place or person). | To go back in thought, narration, or argument. | To recur; to come again. | To turn back, retreat. | To turn (something) round. | To place or put back something where it had been. | To give something back to its original holder or owner. | To give in requital or recompense; to requite. | To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call). | To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund. | To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve. | To play a card as a result of another player's lead. | To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field. | To say in reply; to respond. | To relinquish control to the calling procedure. | To pass (data) back to the calling procedure. | To retort; to throw back. | To report, or bring back and make known. | To elect to a certain office. | To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.

The act of returning. | A return ticket. | An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect. | An answer. | An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information. | Gain or loss from an investment. | A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return. | A carriage return character. | The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure. | A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure. | A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant). | A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine. | The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team. | A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket. | A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower. | The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.