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Arrest in final process
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Mesne process
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Arrest on Mesne Process
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Arrest
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custody
final judgment in a matter (as a divorce) is made c : official restraint on freedom (as by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bail, personal recognizance, probation, or parole) compare arrest constructive custody : custody
Bail
either in civil or criminal cases. In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:- (1) Common bail, or bail below, given to the sheriff, after arresting a … Bail [fr. bailler, Fr., to hand over], to set at liberty a person arrested or imprisoned, on security being taken for his appearance on a day and at a place certain, which
Capias
forthwith apprehended; see now the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), s. 6, abolishing arrest on mesne process; and see MESNE PROCESS.
Meditatio fug'
Meditatio fug'. A debtor in meditatione fug' (meditating fight) may, by the law of Scotland, be arrested by warrant obtained for that purpose. Scots Law. See ARREST ON MESNE PROCESS.
General warrant
General warrant, A process from the Secretary of State, to arrest (without naming any person) the author, printer, and publisher of such libels as were specified in it. It
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