Capias In Wethernam
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1839)
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
practice, is a writ issued after a re- _turn of elongata or elotned has been made to a writ of retorno habendo, commanding the sheriff to take so many of the distrainer’s goods by way of reprisal, as will equal the goods mentioned inthe retorno habendo. 2 Inst. 140; F. N. B. 68; and see form in 2 Sell. Pr. 169.