Capias ad respondendum
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In the common law legal systems, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Latin: "that you may capture [him] in order for him to reply") is or was a writ issued by a court to the sheriff of a particular county to bring the defendant, having failed to appear, to answer a civil action against him.
Specific jurisdictions
Under the American legal system, this writ was replaced by the practice of serving process directly to the person of the defendant in order to compel him to appear before the court to establish Script error: No such module "Lang". jurisdiction over him. But now that the Script error: No such module "Lang". has given way to personal service of summons or other form of notice, due process requires only that in order to subject a defendant to a judgment Script error: No such module "Lang"., if he be not present within the territory of the forum, he have certain minimum contacts with it such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend "traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice".[1]
In the United Kingdom, this writ was abolished by the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, which came into effect on January 1, 1948.
In New South Wales (Australia), this writ is abolished by the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) along with any other process for attachment to the person ('in personam') or for committal of the person for trial in order to enforce a debt against a person.[2]
References
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- ↑ International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945).
- ↑ Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), section 130: https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2005-028#sec.130