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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Retourable, adj. [Retour v.] Of a brieve: That requires to be answered by a retour made out after an inquest. —1681 Stair Inst. iv iii § 10.
The brieves not retourable are four, which are not decreets, but precepts directed to sheriffs, etc. … and therefore they are called pleadable brieves 1698 Fountainhall Decis. I 819 (see Retour n. 2 (2)).
