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elegit
[ ih-lee-jit ]
noun
, Law.
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of elegit1
1495–1505; < Latin: he has chosen, perfect 3rd person singular indicative of ēligere; so called from wording of writ
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Example Sentences
Centum deinde ex senioribus elegit, quorum consilio omnia ageret, quos senatores nominavit propter senectutem.
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Statim Augustus unum e comitatu suo elegit advocatum, qui litigatorem commendaret.
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Since the Bankruptcy Act 1883 the writ of elegit has extended to lands and hereditaments only.
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Elegit quippe integer obedire, quam imminutus obsistere: tutius tunc defendit regnum quando arma deposuit.
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Cf. the phrase in the Charter of King John quam-quidem ecclesiam ipsa virgo gloriosa elegit pro sua camera speciali.
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