After the execution of any writ or other process made returnable to a return day in either of said courts, the same proceedings may be had thereupon as if the same had been made returnable, and had been returned to a term of said court under the practice heretofore existing, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. P.L.L., 1888, §161 1915, §306 1927, §306 1930, §306 1938, §398 1949, §228 1969, §22-65 1864, ch. 6 1898, ch. 123, §306