On the return day of the alternative writ, or such further day as the court may allow, the party on whom the writ shall have been served may show cause, by answer made in the same manner as an answer to a petition in a civil action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 1457
Answer
R.L. 1910, § 4913.
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