EXTEMPORE

(Lat.) A term applied to any thing that is done without premeditation. See Voluntary EXTENT, in Law, is a writ of execution (sometimes called an extend i facias), directed to the sheriflT, against the body, lands, and goods, or the lands only, of a debtor. Writs of extent were of two kinds— extent in chief and extent m aid; to both of which the king was entkled by ancient prerogative, for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction of debts originally due to him, or a igned to the crown. The writ of extent in chief is a proceeding by the king for the recovery of his own debt, and in which he IS the real plaintiff. The writ of extent in aid is also sued out at the instance and for the benefit of the crown against the debtor of a crown debtor; but in this proceeding the king is the nominal plaintiff only. Under this writ the lands, tenements, and po e ions, as well as the person of the defendant, may be taken in execution: •» r^'*^*^'" ^^^'^" ^^y^ h® do not liquidate the debt, a writ of vendition i exponas is i ued to sell the same; " the crown claiming a priority of satisfaction over every other creditor. ^ EXTRACT, or [s. 445]