Tarde
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An officers return stating that he received the process too late for service or levy.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Venire, Tarda
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Late; too late. The emphatic word in several forms of return by a sheriff upon writs coming to his hands so late that he could not execute them. Such returns are termed tarde, or tarde venit, — came late.