Attachment Of Privilege

Attachment of privilege, is where a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to that Court, whereto he himself belongs, and in respect thereof is privileged, there to answer some action. It is also a power to apprehend a person in a privileged place, Jac. Law Dict.; 2 Wm. 4, c. 39 (commonly called the Uniformity of Process Act), virtually abolished this proceeding, and 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, enacted that all personal actions in any of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster should be commenced by writ of summons.