Return Day
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A day appointed by law when all writs are to be returned which have issued since the preceding return day. The sheriff is, in general,. not required to return his writ until the return day. After that period he may be ruled to make a return.