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a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xli. 106 So þat te exigendes, ant houtlaȝinges, ant te presentemens þerof, ben idon in eire þoru þe coroner of þe contreie.

1431 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1431 §21. m. 7 To awarde execution for the saide besecher..and theropon an exigent if he be not found.

1464 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 299 He hathe taken suerte that ye schall appere in the Crastino Animarum vpon the exigentes returnable.

1491–2 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1491 §23. m. 9 By reason of eny processe or exigend made..within the same countie.

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 275 (MED) Ye shall..excersise the office of Coronurshippe..and truly recorde exigentes & Inquicicions afore you takon.

a1558 W. Stanford Expos. Kinges Prerog. (1567) f. 47 For that that hee that is outlawed was emprisoned meane betweene the awardynge of the exigent and the outlawrie pronounced.

c1613 (c1509) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 204 If I wold suffer the exigend, which I had agaynst you, not to goe out agaynst you.

a1674 J. Vaughan Rep. & Arguments (1677) (Bushell's Case 1670) 158 The party came into Court and demanded Oyer of the Exigent.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 60 What Charms [must that Lady have]! that can..Null Decree, and Exigent!

1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. 287 Those that are in default till the exigent in treason, felony, or petit larceny, tho' they render themselves to justice, forfeit their chattels.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 283 If a non est inventus is returned upon all of them, then a writ of exigent or exigi facias may be sued out.

1832 Times 1 Feb. 4/1 It shall not be necessary that a pluries capias be stamped by the clerk of the warrants to authorize the exigenter to make out an exigent.

1896 C. R. Scargill-Bird Guide to P.R.O. (ed. 2) Introd. p. xviii The writ of exigent or Exigi facias was so called because it exacted the appearance of the party against whom it was issued within certain days of proclamation, under pain of outlawry.

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iii. xlv. 540 The lawyers were as busy as bees, issuing writs for attainder, chancery,..exigent, fieri facias..and Questio quid juris?.

2008 P. Hamburger Law & Judicial Duty vi. 198 The office in dispute was that of the exigenter of London, one of the four exigenters of the Court of Common Pleas, who prepared writs called ‘exigents’.