Exigency
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Going forth; issuing: mandate; urgency. See Exire. A sheriff must execute a writ addressed and delivered to him, accordmg to its exigency, without inquiring into the regularity of the proceeding. The " exigency of a bond " refers to the event upon the happening or not happening of which the bond is to become operative, by changing a contingent to an absolute liability.