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...The death of a person under arrest in an action shall not satisfy the judgment, but an execution may issue thereon as if no arrest had been made.

...If a person who is imprisoned under an order of arrest made before judgment is not charged in execution within ten days after judgment, he shall be discharged from such imprisonment.

...ore judgment in civil cases, who is unable to perform the act or endure the imprisonment, may be discharged therefrom upon such terms as are just by the court out of which the process was issued, or a judge thereof, or by the court in which the judgment was or might have been rendered, or a judge thereof.

...ssions; (2) Electors, while going to, returning from, or in attendance at elections; (3) Judges of the courts, while attending court, and also during the time necessarily employed in going to, holding, and returning from the court that it is their duty to attend; (4) Attorneys, bailiffs, clerks of courts, sheriffs, coroners, constables, plaintiffs, defendants, jurors, and witnesses, and other officers or employees...

...No person shall be arrested during a sitting of the senate or house of representatives, within the hall where such session is being held, or in any court of justice, during the sitting of such court, or on Sunday, or on the fourth day of July.

...r breach of the peace, nor do they privilege any person specified in such sections from being served with a summons or notice to appear. Arrests not contrary to such sections made in any place or on any river or watercourse within or bounding upon this state are lawful.

...A person arrested contrary to sections 2331.11 to 2331.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be discharged by a writ of habeas corpus, or in a summary way, by motion before the court from which the process issued, at the cost of the party who sued out the process.

...A person imprisoned for debt is entitled to the privilege of prison bounds, which shall be coextensive with the limits of the county. Such prisoner shall not pass over or without such limits.

...lly discharged, which bond shall be deposited with the sheriff until the creditor demands it. When the condition of the bond is broken, the creditor may put it in suit and have judgment entered against the sureties for the debt, interest, and costs for which the prisoner stands committed.

...nt personal or real property subject to levy on execution to satisfy the judgment, any equitable interest which he has in real estate as mortgagor, mortgagee, or otherwise, or any interest he has in a banking, turnpike, bridge, or other joint-stock company, or in a money contract, claim, or chose in action, due or to become due to him, or in a judgment or order, or money, goods, or effects which he has in the possess...

... for execution upon such judgment may file his affidavit, with a praecipe, setting forth the claim upon which the judgment is founded, that he has no knowledge of any property of the defendant liable to levy and sale upon the execution, and that a person or corporation, therein named, and within the jurisdiction of the officer to whom the execution is to be directed, is indebted to the defendant, or has property or c...

...ervice for all the money, property, and credits of the defendant in his possession or under his control, or which may come into his possession or under his control, before the satisfaction of the judgment.

...operty of every description, money, and credits of the defendant, in his possession or under his control. The notice must be signed by the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney, and shall specify the time when and place where the examination will be held, and shall be served at least one day before the day fixed for the examination. The examination must be reduced to writing, signed by the garnishee, certified by the of...

...If the garnishee refuses to appear, as required by the notice mentioned in section 2333.04 of the Revised Code, an attachment may be issued against him, upon proof made of due service of the notice. Having appeared, if he refuses to answer the questions asked him, the officer before whom the examination is had shall commit him to the jail of the county until he answers such questions, or is discharged according to l...

...deliver to the officer all property and credits of the defendant in his hands, or which may come into his hands, and take his receipt for such money, property, or credits, which shall be sufficient discharge of liability therefor. Upon refusal by such garnishee to pay over money or deliver property or credits as required by this section, the plaintiff may commence an action therefor, in his own name, against the gar...

... of the Revised Code which would be liable to seizure and sale on execution, and hold all the other property to abide the order of the court.

...ore the satisfaction of the judgment, comes into his hands or under his control, shall be void as against judgment claimants under sections 2333.02 to 2333.07, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...A judgment creditor shall be entitled to an order for the examination of a judgment debtor concerning his property, income, or other means of satisfying the judgment upon proof by affidavit that such judgment is unpaid in whole or in part. Such order shall be issued by a probate judge or a judge of the court of common pleas in the county in which the judgment was rendered or in which the debtor resides, requiring suc...

...tion of a judge of the court of common pleas, or a probate judge, of the county in which the debtor is found, that the judgment debtor has property which he unjustly refuses to apply toward the satisfaction of the judgment, such judge, by order, may require the debtor to appear at a time and place in such county to answer concerning it. Such proceedings thereupon may be had for the application of the property of the ...

...e, that there is danger of the debtor's leaving the state, or concealing himself, to avoid such examination, the judge may issue a warrant requiring the sheriff to arrest and bring such debtor before him. Such warrant can be issued only by a judge of the court of common pleas, or the probate judge, of a county in which the debtor is found, and the sheriff can execute it only within that county. In executing the warra...

...e ordered to enter into a bond, with surety, in such sum as the judge prescribes that he will attend before the judge or referee for examination, from time to time, as directed. In default of entering into such bond, he may be committed to the jail of a county, by warrant of the judge, as for contempt.

...On examination pursuant to sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, no person shall be excused from answering any question on the ground that his examination will tend to convict him of a fraud. His answer shall not be used as evidence against him in a prosecution for such fraud.

... from time to time, until they are completed.

...d Code, a party or witness may be compelled, by an order of the judge, or by a subpoena, to attend, before a judge or referee, to testify.

...If an examination held pursuant to sections 2333.09 to 2333.27, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is before a referee, such examination must be taken by the referee, and certified to the judge. All examinations and answers before a judge or referee must be on oath. When a corporation answers, the answer must be on the oath of an officer thereof.