Elegit

Elegit

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 to the Statute of Westminster II, a judgment creditor could only have the profits of lands of a debtor in satisfaction of his judgment, but not the possession of the lands themselves. But this statute provided that henceforth it should be in the election of the party having recovered judgment to have a writ of fierifacias unto the sheriff on lands and goods or else ail the chattels of the debtor and the one half of his lands until the judgment be satisfied. Since the Bankruptcy Act 1883 the writ of elegit has extended to lands and hereditaments only.

Writs of elegit were abolished on January 1, 1957, by the Administration of Justice Act 1956 .


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  • elegit — /aliyjat/ (Lat. He has chosen.) This was the name, in English practice, of a writ of execution first given by the statute of Westm. 2 (13 Edw. I, c. 18) either upon a judgment for a debt or damages or upon the forfeiture of a recognizance taken… …   Black's law dictionary

  • elegit — /aliyjat/ (Lat. He has chosen.) This was the name, in English practice, of a writ of execution first given by the statute of Westm. 2 (13 Edw. I, c. 18) either upon a judgment for a debt or damages or upon the forfeiture of a recognizance taken… …   Black's law dictionary

  • elegit — A writ, provided by the Statute of Westminster 2, ch. 18, Edw. 1, for the enforcement of a judgment, by virtue of which the sheriff seized and delivered a moiety of the defendant s lands until the debt was levied out of the rents and profits. 30… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • elegit — ida, elegi, ido adj. et n. élue. Foguèt elegit per president : il fut élu président …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • elegit — noun Etymology: Latin, literally, he has chosen, from eligere Date: 1504 a judicial writ of execution by which a defendant s goods and if necessary his or her lands are delivered for debt to the plaintiff until the debt is paid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • elegit — /i lee jit/, n. Law. a writ of execution against a judgment debtor s goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land. [1495 1505; < L: he has chosen, perf. 3rd pers. sing. ind. of… …   Universalium

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