Whenever the court in which an original writ is returnable shall release the defendant therein from arrest and discharge the bail, if any taken thereon, the execution in such actions shall not issue against the body of the defendant so released, but against his or her goods and chattels and real estate.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 619; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-22.