E-lē'git, n.

n. [Lat., third person singular of elegi, perfect tense of eligere, to choose, from e, out, and legere, to gather, choose. See ELECT.] (Law.) 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. Formerly but one moiety of the defendant’s lands was delivered to the plaintiff. This writ is still in use in some of the U. S. Wharton.