Civil Arrest
Civil Arrest
According to the old common law of England, a debtor was considered guilty of a breach of the peace and was subject to forcible arrest and imprisonment. The severity of the law was gradually mitigated, until, by the 19th century, imprisonment for debt had been abolished in Britain and the United States. In some civil actions, however, a party is still subject to arrest. As a rule, these actions are either of a quasi-criminal nature, such as the recovery of a fine or penalty, or are brought to redress wrongs to person or property. (1)
Description of Civil Arrest
In this reference work, civil arrest is a sort of the Legal History category.
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