Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elegit \E*le"git\, n. [L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to 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.