Return

The carrying or sending back of a writ to the court from which it issued, by the officer to whom it was directed, in compliance with its mandate, — the return to the ofi Bce of the clerk, which is considered as representing the court for this purpose; the indorsement on the writ of the answer of the officer to the court, stating ■what has been done in execution of its mandate. Return day: the day on which a writ is appointed or required to be returned, — formerly, much more generally than at present, one of several fixed days in term on which all writs were returnable.