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Capias
of commencing an action at Common Law, was altogether abolished, and a new writ, called a 'capias on mesne process,' or 'bailable process,' was introduced by the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. … see now the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), s. 6, abolishing arrest on mesne process; and see MESNE PROCESS.
Bail
given 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 … render himself to prison, or that they would do it for him. Since the abolition of arrest on mesne process bail in civil cases is virtually extinct, but it may still be required in actions of ejectment brought
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Arrest
by virtue of a precept or writ issue out of some Court. The law of civil arrest (see MESNE PROCESS), so far as it still exists, is regulated by the Debtors Act, 1869 (see that title),which abolished imprisonment
Bail to the action
Bail to the action, is the surety for a civil defendant arrested by a mesne process e.g. a process issued during the lawsuit. If the defendant lost the lawsuit, the bail to the action
Abscond
any action in the High Court in which before the Act the debtor might have been arrested on 'mesne process,' the plaintiff may procure the defendant to be arrested and imprisoned up to six months (unless he has
Imprisonment
time unless he has been placed under supervision (s. 6). Imprisonment for Debt.--As to this, before 1870, see MESNE PROCESS. The (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Debt'), by s.
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