Common Law Procedure Act 1852

CXXVIIProceedings for charging in Execution a Person already in Prison of the Court.

It shall not he necessary in any Case to sue out a Writ of Habeas corpus ad satisfaciendum to charge in Execution a Person already in the Prison of the Court, but such Person may be so charged in Execution by a Judge's Order made upon Affidavit that Judgment has been signed and is not satisfied; and the Service of such Order upon the Keeper of the Prison for the Time being shall have the Effect of a Detainer.