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What does elegit mean?

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  1. (archaic) A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
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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.

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