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elisor, n.|ˈɛlɪzər| Also 5 ellyser, 6 ely-, elizour, -zar, -zor, 6–8 eslisor, 6 eslior. [a. OF. elisour, f. elis- stem of elire to choose.] One who elects. †1. = elector 1–3. Obs.
14..[see elite n.1, quot. 1387]. 1529Rastell Pastyme, Hist. Rom. (1811) 33 Made emperour..by the vii. elyzours of Almayne. ― Fr. Hist. 71 The markes Brandonburgh one of the elizours of the emperour. 2. Law. One of two persons appointed in certain cases to select a jury.
1628Coke On Litt. 158 a, The court shall appoint certain elisors or esliors. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 355. 1863 H. Cox Instit. ii. iii. 352 Where the sheriff is not an indifferent person..the precept may be directed..to two elisors or electors, who shall indifferently name the jury. |