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RETURN OF WRITS, practice. A short account in writing, made by the sheriff, or other ministerial officer, of the manner in which he has executed a writ. Steph. on Pl. 24.
2. It is the duty of such officer to return all writs on the return day; on his neglecting to do so, a rule may be obtained on him to return the writ and, if he do not obey the rule, he may be attached for contempt. See 19 Vin. Ab. 171; Con]. Dig. Return; 2 Lilly's Abr. 476; Wood. b. 1, c. 7; 1 Penna. R. 497; 1 Rawle, R. 520; 3 Yeates, 17; 3 Yeates, 47; 1 Dall. 439.

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40) The requirement that parliament meet within one week of the return of writs did not appear to alter the frantic bargaining for support that has always been a feature of the post-election scene in PNG: Bill Standish reported that following the 1992 election, a period of "intense politicking followed the poll, in which helicopters plucked winners to 'lockups' in isolated resorts before Parliament convened. Party politics in Papua New Guinea: a deviant case? by Reilly, Ben / Pacific Affairs More results

40) The requirement that parliament meet within one week of the return of writs did not appear to alter the frantic bargaining for support that has always been a feature of the post-election scene in PNG: Bill Standish reported that following the 1992 election, a period of "intense politicking followed the poll, in which helicopters plucked winners to 'lockups' in isolated resorts before Parliament convened.

Party politics in Papua New Guinea: a deviant case? by Reilly, Ben / Pacific Affairs

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