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Answer for the clue "Legal writ ", 6 letters:
elegit
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Word definitions for elegit in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.