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Elegit
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elegit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/elegit.html. 1828.