Elisors
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Eslisors. [from Fr. eslier, to choose.] In practice. Electors or choosers. Persons appointed by the court to execute writs of venire, in cases where both the sheriff and coroner are disqualified from acting, and whose duty is to choose, that is, name and return the jury.
3 Bl. Com. 355. Co. Litt. 158. 3 Steph. Com. 597, note.
Persons appointed to execute any writ, in default of the sheriff and coroner, are also called elisors.