elegit

American  

[ih-lee-jit] / ɪˈli dʒɪt /

noun

Law.

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of elegit

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

Example Sentences

Denuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Reverendissimus Cardinalis   Lorenzo de Monticelso electus est in sedem apostolicam, et elegit sibi   nomen Paulum Quartum.

From The White Devil by Webster, John

Concedis justas, leges et consuetudines esse tenendas, et promittis per te eas esse protegendas, et ad honorem Dei corroborandas, quas vulgus elegit, secundum vires tuas ?

From Essay on the Trial By Jury by Spooner, Lysander

"Selectam Elector sibi quando elegit Elisam: Verè Electoris nomine dignus erat."

From Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 by Various

Writ of Elegit.—The writ of elegit is a process enabling the creditor to satisfy his judgment debt out of the lands of the debtor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Omnium Literarum excultor, ac linguarum plus decem sciens; Veritatis propugnator, Libertatis assertor; nullus autem sectator aut cliens, nec minis, nec malis est inflexus, quin quam elegit, viam perageret; utili honestum anteferens.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac