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n

  1. An officer of the courtÂ’s bringing back a court-issued document, such as a writ, and reporting how the officer had done or why he had not done what that document had ordered.
  2. An income tax return.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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