elegit

[ ih-lee-jit ]

/ ɪˈli dʒɪt /

noun Law.

a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.

Origin of elegit

1495–1505; <Latin: he has chosen, perfect 3rd person singular indicative of ēligere; so called from wording of writ

Words nearby elegit

elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize, elegy, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Eleia, eleidin

Example sentences from the Web for elegit

Elegit quippe integer obedire, quam imminutus obsistere: tutius tunc defendit regnum quando arma deposuit.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
Since the Bankruptcy Act 1883 the writ of elegit has extended to lands and hereditaments only.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various
It is to this same period that is owed the writ Elegit which introduced the law practice of a creditor's remedy over real estate.
The Thirteenth|James J. Walsh

单词	elegit
释义	elegit [ ih-lee-jit ] / ɪˈli dʒɪt / noun Law. a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land. Origin of elegit 1495–1505; <Latin: he has chosen, perfect 3rd person singular indicative of ēligere; so called from wording of writ Words nearby elegit elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize, elegy, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Eleia, eleidin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for elegit Elegit quippe integer obedire, quam imminutus obsistere: tutius tunc defendit regnum quando arma deposuit. The Letters of Cassiodorus\|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator) Since the Bankruptcy Act 1883 the writ of elegit has extended to lands and hereditaments only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3\|Various It is to this same period that is owed the writ Elegit which introduced the law practice of a creditor's remedy over real estate. The Thirteenth\|James J. Walsh
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