Douglas v. . Auld

By the act of Assembly passed in the second session of 1777, ch. 8, sec. 5, the several sheriffs are required to execute all process directed to them, and to make "due return" thereof to the courts from whence such process issued, under the penalty of £ 50 for each failure.

The true meaning of the words "due return" we understand to be that the sheriff shall, by his return, set forth what act he hath done in compliance with the process directed to him — that is, in the case of an execution against goods, etc., that he shall return that the same is satisfied, or that he has levied on the estate…