Capias Ad Satisfaciendum in United States

Capias Ad Satisfaciendum Definition

A judicial writ of execution, which issues out on the record of a judgment by which the sheriff is commanded to take the body of the defendant in execution, and him safely to keep, so that he have his body in court at the return of the writ to satisfy the plaintiff his debt and damages. 97 111. 236. It is a writ of execution issued after judgment, and might have been issued against a plaintiff against whom judgment was obtained for costs, as well as against the defendant in a personal action. As a rule at common law, it lay in all cases where a capias ad respondendum lay as a part of the mesne process. Some classes of persons were, however, exempt from arrest on mesne process who were liable to it on final. It was a very common form of execution until within a few years, in many of the states, but its efficiency has been destroyed’ by statutes facilitating the discharge of the debtor in some states, and by statutes prohibiting its issue in others, except in specified cases. See “Arrest;” “Privilege.” It is commonly known by the abbreviation ca. sa.

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A judicial writ of execution, which issues out on the record of a judgment by which the sheriff is commanded to take the body of the defendant in execution, and him safely to keep, so that he have his body in court at the return of the writ to satisfy the plaintiff his debt and damages. 97 111. 236. It is a writ of execution issued after judgment, and might have been issued against a plaintiff against whom judgment was obtained for costs, as well as against the defendant in a personal action. As a rule at common law, it lay in all cases where a capias ad respondendum lay as a part of the mesne process. Some classes of persons were, however, exempt from arrest on mesne process who were liable to it on final. It was a very common form of execution until within a few years, in many of the states, but its efficiency has been destroyed’ by statutes facilitating the discharge of the debtor in some states, and by statutes prohibiting its issue in others, except in specified cases. See “Arrest;” “Privilege.” It is commonly known by the abbreviation ca. sa.

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