Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A returning.
- noun 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 George Saintsbury 1889
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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.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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Je pense que cette interdiction et son argumentaire est un vrai retour en arrière.
Global Voices in English » Morocco: Bloggers React to the Banning of Magazines 2009
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Sleek, friendly Retour offers French-inflected modern dishes Tordenskjoldsgade 11, retour.dk.
Where Cold Is Cool Sara Clemence 2011
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Français · Tunisie: Ammar 404, le censeur des blogs, est de retour
Global Voices in English » Tunisia: Ammar 404 is Back and Censoring Blogs Again 2009
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Français · Pakistan: Comment gérer le retour des réfugiés
Global Voices in English » Pakistan: Handling The Return Of Refugees 2009
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Français · Arabie Saoudite: Réflexions au retour d'un voyage à Londres
Global Voices in English » Saudi Arabia: Thoughts from a London Trip 2009
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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.
A French Director Ripe for Rediscovery Kristin M. Jones 2011
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Au retour de Sicile, les enfants ont découvert quelques clandestins dans la voiture!
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Français · Bolivie: Le retour du «Ministre de la cocaïne»
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: The Return of the “Minister of Cocaine” 2009
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