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• ELEGIT (Lat. for " he has chosen ")

ELEGIT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " he has chosen ")  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a judicial See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ of See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, given by the See also:

• STATUTE

Statute of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster II . (1285), and so called from the words of the writ, that the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff has chosen (See also:

• ELEGIT (Lat. for " he has chosen ")

elegit) this mode of See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction . Previously to the Statute of Westminster II., a See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment creditor could only have the profits of lands of a debtor in satisfaction of his judgment, but not the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the lands themselves . But this statute provided that henceforth it should be in the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of the party having recovered judgment to have a writ of fieri facias (q.v.) unto the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff on lands and goods or else all the chattels of the debtor and the one See also:

• HALF

half of his lands until the judgment be satisfied . Since the See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

Bankruptcy See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1883 the writ of elegit has extended to lands and hereditaments only .