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elegit |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elegit \E*le"git\, n. [L., he has chosen, fr eligere to choose See {Elect}.] (Law) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.
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