N.D. Cent. Code § 32-33-10: Return of writ and hearing

If the return to the writ is defective, the court may order a further return to be made. Any record made by the inferior court, officer, board, or tribunal may be impeached by the return to the writ, or in the cases mentioned in section 32-33-07, by affidavits or other written proof. Upon the final hearing the court must hear the parties, or such of them as may attend for that purpose, and thereupon may give judgment either affirming, annulling, or modifying the proceedings below.