Exegence
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or EXIGENCY. Probably a corruption of exigents. Demand; need.; want. Thus, exigency of a 'writ, the command of the writ; exigency of a bond, that which the bond requires.