Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A returning.
- n. In Scots law, an extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.
- To revert (to a person).
- To return (to a place).
- To return (a person) as heir.
- To make a return to Chancery of or relative to (lands, etc.); state the value of, in a retour.
- To return or send in (the breve or verdict, etc.) to Chancery.
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Examples
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Juste retour des choses ici-bas. there being absolutely no such _retour_ for Gustave -- one feels rather inclined, as his countrymen would say, to "conspue" Paul. [
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
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"Now a retour is a writ returned from the Court of Attorney, testifying the service of every succeeding heir; and is therefore an unexceptionable evidence of paying his predecessor's debts, and of performing his obligations and deeds.
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Au retour de Sicile, les enfants ont découvert quelques clandestins dans la voiture!
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Français · Arabie Saoudite: Réflexions au retour d'un voyage à Londres
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Sleek, friendly Retour offers French-inflected modern dishes Tordenskjoldsgade 11, retour.dk.
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The series includes intriguing rarities, such as "Jean's Return" ("Le retour de Jean"), Clouzot's harrowing contribution to the omnibus film "Return to Life" ("Retour à la vie," 1949), in which a concentration-camp survivor hides, interrogates and tortures a Nazi war criminal.
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Français · Bolivie: Le retour du «Ministre de la cocaïne»
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Français · Pakistan: Comment gérer le retour des réfugiés
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Je pense que cette interdiction et son argumentaire est un vrai retour en arrière.
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Français · Tunisie: Ammar 404, le censeur des blogs, est de retour
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