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Definition of Retorn
1. retear [v] - See also: retear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retorn
Literary usage of Retorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"attachm' retorn ist April! next; and to cite the defend'Liber p. ... in absence,
retorn eod: 27. Walter beane demandeth of Edward hall 500' tob. due by bill ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"The retorn is the fact upon which you are to judge. LCJ The retorn is as certain,
... LC J- The warrant is good enough, I think truly, and so is the retorn. ..."
3. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1812)
"Certainly we must judge of ihe record, and nothing else, and the retorn is ...
By the retorn it appears, the is before yon now is, whether you will not iu- ..."
4. The British Palladium: Or Annual Miscellany of Literature and Science: for by Robert Heath (1766)
"St. Simon and Jode 30 22 Sunt'ay after Trinity NOVEMBER, XXX DAYS i All Saints
fi All Souls 3 All S uls College Election I retorn 6 23 Sund. after Trinity. ..."
5. Judicial and Testamentary Business of the Provincial Court by Maryland Provincial Court (1887)
"attachm' retorn r' Aprill next; and to cite the defend' Liber p. ... in absence.
retorn eod: 27. Walter beane demandeth of Edward hall 500' tob. due by bill ..."
6. The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the by Edward Coke (1797)
"If the retorn of pledges be upon a writ of replevin, ... may have a writ to have
retorn of the hearts of the pledges. But if the deliverance were by plaint, ..."
7. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1897)
"THE retorn OF THE FLEET, 1898 The hearts of the American people swelled with
pride and joy when their victorious navy returned to their shores, ..."
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