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Definition of Eloigns
1. eloign [v] - See also: eloign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eloigns
Literary usage of Eloigns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"... eloigns himself and cannot be found, nor his bailiff for him, to do that which
the law requires, or even if he be found and will not find pledge, ..."
2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"... and time out of mind has been, such a custom, that if any lakes may com away
and eloigns an orphan, the Court may commit the éloigner to Newgate, ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Replevin in the United States: With an by Phineas Pemberton Morris (1849)
"... and the detention unlawful :(2) as where the defendant eloigns the beasts, or
drives them to a castle, so that the sheriff cannot replevy them at all, ..."
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