Elegit

[Lat. 3d pers. sing. of elegi, perf. tense of eligere, to choose; from e, out, and legere, to gather, choose. See ELECT.] ( Law. ) A writ of execution founded on the statute of Westminster the Second, by which an action, the sheriff gives him po e ion of the lands and tenements of the opposite party, to be occupied and enjoyed until the money due on such judgment is fully paid, and during that period he is tenant by elegit. Upon this writ the sheriff impanels a jury, who appraise the debtor's goods and lands, and if the former are insufficient to pay the debt, then the latter are also delivered over to the creditor. The writ is still in use in the U.S., with some modifications varying in the different States. IMG:content-0024.jpg:[graphic] TIDE, q. v. Elephant, a name indicating various localities in Asia and Africa.-1. Elephant Point, a promontory at Pegu, in Further India, marks the west extremity of the mouth of the Rangoon, the most easterly arm of the Irrawaddy. It is in Lat. 16° 28′ N., and Lon. 96° 25′ E.2. Elephant Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic, on the coast of Benguela, South-west Africa, in Lat. 13° 14 S., aud Lon. 12° 33′ E.; has excellent anchorage, but no fresh water.-3. Elephant Island, in Sene gambia, is about 100 miles up the Gambia.-4. Elephant River, in the Cape Colony of South Africa, enters the Atlantic after a course of 140 miles, about Lat. 312 S., and Lon. 18° E. Elephanʼta, a small island near Bombay, remarkable for a huge unwieldy statue of an elephant, cut out of the solid rock. Ele'i. ( Anc . Hist .) People of Elis, in Peloponnesus. In their country was the temple of Jupiter, near which were celebrated the Olympic games, of which they had the superintendence. Their horses were held in great repute.