Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociologyâs purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.
In personal injury and similar torts cases, ârespondeat superiorâ is a rule of law stating that the employer of a negligent defendant is also responsible for the defendantâs actions. The phrase ârespondeat superiorâ means âlet the master answer,â and the rule of respondeat superior is also known as the âmaster-servantâ rule.
A capias ad satisfaciendum orders the sheriff to take the defendant into custody until a judgment is paid or a discharge is granted on the ground that the defendant is an insolvent debtor. This is a body execution. CAPIAS, practice. This word, the signification of which is that you take, is applicable to many heads of practice. Several writs and processes, commanding the sheriff to take the person of the defendant, are known by the name of capias. For example: there are writs of capias ad respondendum, writs of capias ad computandum, writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, &c., each especially adapted to the purposes indicated by the words used for its designation. See 3 Bl. Com. 281; 3 Bouv.