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Writ of execution
Answer for the clue "Writ of execution ", 6 letters:
elegit
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Elegit ( Latin for he has chosen ) was, in English law , a judicial writ of execution, given by the Statute of Westminster II (1285), and so called from the words of the writ, that the plaintiff has chosen (elegit) this mode of satisfaction. Previously ...
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n. (context archaic English) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
Usage examples of elegit.
But [172] he who recovers first shall oust the other of the action, and so it shall be in many cases, as if tenant by elegit is ousted, each shall have the assize, and, if the one recover first, the writ of the other is abated, and so here.