DEBTOR’S ACT OF 1869

Debtor’s Act of 1869.An English statute that, among other things, (1) abolished imprisonment

for debt except in certain cases, as when a debtor owed a debt to the Crown or a debtor had money

but  refused  to  pay  a  debt,  (2)  abolished  arrest  by  mesne  process,  that  is,  by  compelling  the

defendant to appear and give bail unless it was believed that the defendant would leave the country,

(3) made it a  misdemeanor to obtain credit under false pretenses or to defraud creditors, and (4)

defined how warrants and judgment orders would be executed. [Blacks Law 8th]