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Elongatus

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A return to a writ de homine replegiando, that the man was out of the sheriff's jurisdiction.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Eloigned.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [L.Fr.eloigne,] Eloigned. A return made by a sheriff to a writ de homine replegiando, stating that the party to be replevied has been eloigned, or conveyed out of his jurisdiction. 3 BL Com. 129.