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Definition of Eloigned
1. eloign [v] - See also: eloign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eloigned
Literary usage of Eloigned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Practice of Distresses and Replevin by Geoffrey Gilbert (1794)
"... where the goods are eloigned ... of the for- | mcr, which was eloigned.
Vetitum nam'ntm . ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Replevin as Administered by the Courts of by Joseph Elliott Cobbey (1890)
"That the property has been eloigned or ceased to exist or died—How far a defense.
It is a good defense to an action on a replevin bond that the sheriff was ..."
3. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1850)
"eloigned ; carried away to a distance. The old form of the return made by a
sheriff to a writ of replevin, stating that the goods or beasts had been ..."
4. The Canada Law Journal by William S. Hein & Company (1885)
"As to the third point he contended that "eloigned" here and elsewhere meant removed,
... eloigned " means removed mala fide and to avoid seizure, ..."
5. 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)
"307 defendant hath sold, eloigned, and to his own use converted MERCHANT and
disposed of, divers goods and chattels which were of the v- DRIVER. said ..."
6. The Law of Landlord and Tenant: To which is Added an Appendix of Precedents by William Woodfall (1822)
"If on the pluries replevin the sheriff return that the cattle are eloigned to
places unknown, &c. so that he cannot deliver them to the plaintiff, ..."
7. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt. Late Lord Chief ...by Edmund Saunders, John Williams, John Patteson, Edward Vaughan Williams, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain by Edmund Saunders, John Williams, John Patteson, Edward Vaughan Williams, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain (1824)
"... defendant hath sold, eloigned, and to his own use converted MERCHANT and
disposed of, divers goods and chattels which were of the vp- DR*VER. ..."
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