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Definition of: elegit
(i·lē′jit) noun Law
1. A writ of execution, issued on the election of a judgment creditor, directing the sheriff to turn over to him the debtor's attachable goods, and, if these be insufficient, half the debtor's land, the latter to be held till the rents and profits shall extinguish the debt.
2. The right secured by this writ. [<L]
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