Note 23 — Chapter XII
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Note 23. Page 492.
These are the abbreviations of the technical words by which are known the two writs of execution against a debtor's person, and his goods. The former "Ca. Sa." represent the words addressed to the sheriff, "Capias A. B. [the defendant] ad satisfaciendum." The latter represent the words addressed to the sheriff, commanding him "ut fieri faciat"—that he should cause to be made, or realized, out of the defendant's goods, the amount due to the plaintiff.