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elegit Law.|ɪˈliːdʒɪt|
[f. L. ēlēgit ‘he has chosen’, 3rd pers. sing. perfect tense of ēligĕre to choose; see quot. 1809.]
A writ of execution, by which a creditor is put in possession of (formerly half) the goods and lands of a debtor, until his claim is satisfied.
1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 36 §1 To sue execucion..by write or wryttes of Elegit. 1632Star Chamb. Cases (1886) 124 He tooke forth an Elegit for the rest of the Judgment. 1796J. Anstey Pleaders G. (1803) 70 Quare clausum fregit May breed a monster called Elegit. 1809Tomlins Law. Dict., Elegit from the words in the writ, elegit sibi liberari, because the plaintiff hath chosen this writ of execution. 1876Digby Real Prop. v. §5. 247 The writ..has ever since the Statute of Westminster II been called the writ of elegit.
b. The right secured by this writ.
1715M. Davies Ath. Brit. I. 309 As for Tenancy of Elegit, Statute-merchant and Staple, etc. 1809Tomlins Law Dict. s.v., The creditor..during that term..is tenant by elegit. |