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Definition of Elegit
1. 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.
Definition of Elegit
1. Noun. (archaic) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elegit
1. a type of judicial writ [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elegit
Literary usage of Elegit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The remedy by elegit against the goods of the debtor, after having been long ...
By the Bankruptcy Act of 1883 the writ of elegit is no longer to affect ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"J ' man fball not have ca. fa. after elegit, becau/l' it is the meß high ...
A man recovered debt and damages b\ judgment and had elegit, Br. elegit, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidenceby Samuel March Phillipps, John A. Dunlap by Samuel March Phillipps, John A. Dunlap (1823)
"(l) • In this action of ejectment, it will be necessary for the lessor of the
plaintiff to prove the judgment recovered by him, the elegit taken out upon it ..."
4. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several ...by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"So if an elegit be returned nihil in one county, the plaintiff may have a ...
elegit, 11. SC: But it is said, that a writ of elegit must be actually sued ..."
5. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Action of Ejectment, and by John Adams (1846)
"Tomkins (6), that I if a tenant by elegit desire to obtain actual possession of
the lands, he must bring an ejectment, for the sheriff under the ..."
6. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Peake (1822)
"The next case which occurs is that of a creditor who has sued out an elegit.
He must prove an examined copy of the judgment, and of the award and return of ..."
7. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"The writ of elegit appears to have been frequently used in the early days of the
common ... 874. state which retains the writ of elegit. 560; Campbell v. ..."
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