'''Return''' is a report to a [[judge]] by [[police]] on the implementation of an arrest or [[search warrant]]. Also, a report to a judge in reply to a [[subpoena]], civil or criminal. [[Category:Legal Terms]]
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'''Return''' is a report to a [[judge]] by [[police]] on the implementation of an arrest or [[search warrant]]. Also, a report to a judge in reply to a [[subpoena]], civil or criminal.
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'''return''' is also a computer programming keyword, which tells a function, subroutine or method to stop running and "return" control to its caller. In Java and most other languages, no other lines of programming code may follow a return statement, since they could not possibly be executed. The typical compiler therefore labels this a coding error. But in PHP it is allowed.<!-- I'm not sure about JavaScript. -->