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returnable, a.|rɪˈtɜːnəb(ə)l|
Also 5–6 retourn-, 5, 7 retornable.
[a. AF. retornable, OF. retournable: see return v.1 and -able.]
1. a. Of writs, etc.: Appointed to be returned (to the issuing court).
1425Rolls of Parlt. IV. 306 That every Sheref..retourne his Writtes into ye Kynges Court, at such daies as yei buth retournable. 1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 394 Yf he wolle comyn and appere at the day of the venire facias retornable. 1531–2Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 12 Attachementes..again euerie suche collectour..to be returnable afore the saide Justices of peace. 1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol., Chancerie §45 When this or any other commission retournable in this Court is executed and retourned. 1648Prynne Plea for Lords 38 They award two writs,..retornable in the Kings Bench. 1682Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 199 The court of kings bench granted a habeas corpus.., which was returnable immediate. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 280 The Powers of Sheriffs,..with the Nature and Import of the several Writs returnable by them. 1817Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1097 But the writ of replevin was in the nature of a justicies, not returnable. 1894Solicitor's Jrnl. XXXIX. 3/1 The defendant..offers, on the day before the summons is returnable, to pay the debt and costs.
b. That is (or are) to be returned, in various senses of the verb.
1658Bp. Reynolds Rich Man's Charge 15 These riches are returnable into Heaven; to be rich in faith..will stand us in stead, when the World hath left us. 1758J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 14 The said letter..being..indorsed, returnable to the pay-office. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 334 The goods may be abandoned and destroyed: in which case, the duties are returnable by special Certificate. 1885Manch. Exam. 7 Oct. 4/7 All the electors in a Department were to vote for all the members returnable for that Department. 1891S. C. Scrivener Our Fields & Cities 99 That unearned increment is to be put along with the returnable empties. 1972V.A.T.: Gen. Guide (H.M. Customs) 34 Containers (returnable). 1973Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) May 70/3 Buy returnable bottles..participate in your local recycling program when you must use nonreturnable containers. 1981Country Life 7 May 1228/1 The price of a returnable bottle is shared by many users.
2. Capable of being returned, in various senses of the verb.
a1542Wyatt in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 34 Sins that disceit is ay returnable, Of verye force it is agreable, That therwithall be done the recompence. a1643Ld. Falkland, etc. Infallibility (1646) 101 He must needs see there was more matter returnable than either could be gratefull, or they could justify. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xxiii. 278, I my selfe but lately was inchanted, and I know not how soon returnable unto that condition. 1807S. Cooper First Lines Surg. 387 The congenital hernia, when returnable, ought like all other ruptures to be reduced.
3. Able to return. rare.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. iv. 91 His chiefe adversaries..were dislodg'd, and never returnable. 1784Cowper Let. to Unwin 20 Nov., Lady A. is neither returned nor returnable: she has taken a house at Bristol, and furnished it.
4. Admitting of return.
1853Chamb. Jrnl. XX. 280 Two longer trips.., both returnable in periods of about eight days. 1856Bryden's Railw. Direct. 4 Return tickets at one fare..returnable by the 7.30, 8.20 and 8.55 a.m. trains only. |