ELEGIT


Meaning of ELEGIT in English

/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; eligere; so called from wording of writ ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .