1696 PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCESS AT LAW. [ART. 75

itors by orders in the nature of injunction, decree for specific perform-
ance, writ of mandamus, or for the appointment of a receiver, and shall
pass such orders as will subject said property or credits of said judgment
debtor, either in his own hands or in the hands of any person or corpo-
ration, to the operation and effect of the judgment.

1904, art. 75, sec. 140. 1890, ch. 558, sec. 87 E.

142. Any person who refuses or without sufficient excuse neglects to
obey any order of the court made pursuant to any of the four preceding
sections and duly served upon him or an oral direction given directly to
him in open court in the course of the proceedings therein provided, or
to attend before the court or before a commissioner or examiner accord-
ing to the command of an order or summons duly served upon him or
to answer any lawful question propounded to him by such court, com-
missioner or examiner, may be punished by the court by which such
order or summons was issued for a contempt.

1906, ch. 396.

143. The provisions of the foregoing sections of this sub-title (desig-
nated as sections 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142) shall be held to apply to
judgments rendered before the justices of the peace of the State of
Maryland, provided the said judgments shall have been recorded in the
superior court of Baltimore (if the same have been rendered in Balti-
more city) or in the circuit court of the counties where the same have
been rendered, and said superior court of Baltimore city and the circuit
court of the several counties shall have jurisdiction to carry out the pro-
visions of the said sections of this sub-title and of this section.

III.

PROCESS.

1904, art. 75, sec. 141. 1888, art 75, sec. 129. 1860, art. 75, sec. 84. 1796, ch. 43,
sec. 9. 1801, ch. 74, sec. 11. 1852, ch. 76, sec. 1. 1884, ch. 128.

144. In all civil suits or actions in the circuit courts where capias ad
respondendum formerly issued, a writ of summons shall be issued for
the defendant, in which shall be stated the purpose for which he is sum-
moned; and the said summons shall be returnable on the first day of
the term next after issuing the same; and the sheriff of any county from
which the writ of summons for any defendant or defendants may be
issued by the circuit court for any such county, or the sheriff of the
city of Baltimore, in case the writ of summons is issued from any of
the courts of the city of Baltimore, may serve any such writ of sum-
mons on the defendant or defendants named in the writ, wherever he
may find such defendant or defendants, whether in or out of the county
or city from a court of which such process may have issued; or the writs
of summons may be directed to and served by the sheriff of any county
or city where the defendant may chance to be, returnable to the court