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False return

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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. l6, 70 S. W. 152