Crossword-Solution: ELEGIT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Elegit | 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. |
We have 26 clues for the answer “ELEGIT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Former U.K. judicial writ | 1 answer |
| writ delivering debtor's property to plaintiff | 1 answer |
| Writ of a debtor | 1 answer |
| Writ no longer legal in England | 1 answer |
| Writ involving debts | 1 answer |
| Writ against a debtor's property | 1 answer |
| Writ against a debtor | 1 answer |
| Sheriff's writ of execution. | 1 answer |
| Legal writ held by a creditor. | 1 answer |
| Legal debt writ | 1 answer |
| Judicial writ of execution. | 1 answer |
| Debtor's writ | 1 answer |
| Creditor's writ | 1 answer |
| Writ of execution | 3 answers |
| order judicial | 3 answers |
| Judicial writ | 5 answers |
| judicial order | 7 answers |
| Legal writ | 9 answers |
| A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY ONE PARTY AGAINST ANOTHER | 10 answers |
| CREDITOR RIGHT | 10 answers |
| A CREDITOR MAY HOLD IT | 10 answers |
| AN INSTRUMENT OF EXECUTION FOR EXECUTION BY STRANGULATION | 10 answers |
| Creditor claim | 10 answers |
| creditor | 22 answers |
| debtor | 49 answers |
| writ | 57 answers |
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Sentences with ELEGIT (5)
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." It would seem from other books that this was spoken of bailments generally, and was not limited to those which are terminable at the pleasure of the bailor.
Justices of the Peace who have the power to give restitution of possession to tenants of any freehold estate of their lands or tenements which have been forcibly entered and withheld, shall have like power for tenants for term of years, tenants by copy of court roll, guardians by knight service, tenant by elegit statute merchant and staple of lands or tenements.
Elegit quippe integer obedire, quam imminutus obsistere: tutius tunc defendit regnum quando arma deposuit.
Approbat igitur ac elegit obtemperantes vocationi_." (21, 917.) The bold synergistic views concerning conversion later on developed by Melanchthon plainly involve the doctrine that there must be in man a cause of discrimination why some are elected while others are rejected.
Francis, who, moved by the solitude of the place, made his way thither, and was visited there by Our Lord the Crucified Jesus Christ and marked with the Stigmata; with the inscription that explained all this, saying: ASPERRIMUM AGRI NOSTRI MONTEM DIVUS FRANCISCUS ELEGIT, IN QUO SUMMO ARDORE DOMINI NOSTRI SALUTAREM NECEM CONTEMPLARETUR, ISQUE NOTIS PLAGARUM IN CORPORE IPSIUS EXPRESSIS DIVINITUS CONSERVATUR.
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Appears in: Chronicle, Newsday, NYT, Three Across, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 34 times in crossword archives (1943–2022).