noun
- A writ or legal judgment that allows a creditor to seize a debtor's land or goods to satisfy a debt.
Usage: law; archaic; plural of elegit
Examples
- The creditor obtained elegits against the debtor's property to recover the unpaid loan.
- Medieval English law permitted the use of elegits to enforce debt collection.
- The court issued elegits that gave the creditor rights to the defendant's real estate.