1) English legal terminology 2) Former UK judicial writ 3) Latin legal terminology 4) Writ against a debtor 5) Writ involving debts 6) Writ of execution
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Elegit (Latin for he has chosen) was, in English law, a judicial writ of execution, given by the Statute of Westminster II (1285), and so called from the words of the writ, that the plaintiff has chosen (elegit) this mode of satisfaction. Previously to the Statute of Westminster II, a judgment creditor could only have the profits of lands of a deb...
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• (n.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant`s goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant`s interest has expired.
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E·le'git noun [ Latin , he has chosen, from
eligere to choose. See
Elect .]
(Law) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held ti...
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Elegit is a legal writ ordering the seizure of a debtor's land so as to satisfy a judgement debt.
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a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
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