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Simple English definitions for legal terms

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A quick definition of return:

Return: When a court officer brings back a document to the court that issued it, it is called a return. The officer writes down what they did or found on the document. A tax return is a form you fill out to report your income to the government. Returns can also refer to the profit or yield on an investment.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Return refers to the act of bringing back an instrument to the court that issued it. It can also refer to an official report of voting results or the yield or profit on an investment.

  • A sheriff's return of citation to the court.
  • A return of nulla bona, which is a court officer's endorsement on an instrument brought back to the court, reporting what the officer did or found.
  • Filing a tax return before April 15.
  • Election returns, which are official reports of voting results.
  • The return on an investment, which is the profit or yield earned.

These examples illustrate the different meanings of the term "return." The first two examples refer to the legal context of returning an instrument to the court. The third example refers to filing a tax return, which is a document that reports income and taxes owed to the government. The fourth example refers to election returns, which are official reports of voting results. The fifth example refers to the return on an investment, which is the profit or yield earned.

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soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
Man
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
soapy
10:25
I saw some Reddit adcom say that they can see any time we refresh the status checker; I wonder if it's a red flag if an applicant's checked it like 50 times in a day?
soapy
10:25
Also, can we send another LoR to a school that we've already applied to?
soapy
10:26
Or another essay?
10:30
i'll allow it
soapy
10:31
<3 thanks Fart Butt
1a2b3c4d26z
10:31
If I get rejected by a school bc I check my statuses during work then it wasn’t meant to be
10:32
cautionary tail re reddit posts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZAQAuqSfs
How else will they know we fuck
Need to know aboot 6 pack abs
How many 666 people apply?
lolololol
soapy
10:34
Ah that's frightening
@triplethread
Why? LOL
soapy
10:35
The adcoms recognize you and will deny you is frightening, lmaoo. Not the abs thing XD
10:36
they browse LSD?
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