Law. The usual abbreviation of capias ad satisfaciendum (see CAPIAS).
1796. J. Anstey, Pleader’s G., 55.
| [He] conceives that Ca’ sa’s are vexatious, | |
| And shudders at a fieri facias? |
1864. Daily Tel., 30 Aug., 2/4. The bankrupt had not only been arrested on a ca. sa. but on a capias, and the proper course would be to apply to a judge at chambers.
1865. M. Collins, in Dublin Univ. Mag., I. 562/1. I’ve got a ca. sa. against you, Captain.
