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(re-türn'.) [ From Fr. retourner.] (Arch.) A projection, wall, moulding, ., continued in a different or opposite direction to that of the original body.(Mil. and Nav.) An official account, report, or statement made up and handed in to the commanding officer; as, the return of stores, provisions, .; a return of men on the sick-list, and so forth.-(Law.) A certificate from sheriffs and bailiffs of what is done in the execution of their duties. Retz, JEAN FRANÇOIS PAUL DE GONDI, CARDINAL DE, (rèts: Fr. pron. rahs,) a French prelate and political agitator, B. at Montmirail, 1614, is chiefly known as the guiding spirit of the Frondeurs, or party in opposition to the court during the minority of Louis XIV. D. 1679. His Mémoires (1717) are much esteemed for their pungency of style, and vivid portraiture of character. Reuben, (ru'běn.) (Script.) The first-born of Jacob by his wife Leah. The tribe which descended from him makes no figure in the Hebrew history, and never produced any eminent person. Reus, (ra'oos,) a manuf. town of Spain, p Tarragon a, 8 m. W. of the city of that name. Pop. 25,000. Reu , (ro res,) the name of a small German principality, the sovereignty of which is divided into two lines-R. Greiz and R. Schleiz. It lies in Upper Saxony, bet. N. Lat. 50° 28′-51° 3', and E. Lon. 11° 28′-12° 30′. Area, 458 sq. m. Surface hilly; soil fertile. Cap. ofR. Greiz, Greiz; of R. Schleiz, Gera. Total pop. 131,986. [s. 765]