Definitions for elegits

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elegits e·le·git

Spelling: [ih-lee-jit]

IPA: /ɪˈli dʒɪt/

Elegits is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in elegits (eegilst).

Definitions for elegits

noun

1. 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.

Origin of elegits

1495-1505; Latin: he has chosen, perfect 3rd person singular indicative of ēligere; so called from wording of writ

Examples for elegits

It is to this same period that is owed the writ elegit which introduced the law practice of a creditor's remedy over real estate.

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

elegit quippe integer obedire, quam imminutus obsistere: tutius tunc defendit regnum quando arma deposuit.