
Noah Webster
Returnable
RETURN'ABLE, adjective
1. That may be returned or restored.
2. In law, that is legally to be returned, delivered, given or rendered; as a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court; an attachment returnable to the king's bench.
RETURN'-DAY, noun The day when the defendant is to appear in court and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings.