Extent

or extendi facias.

In English law

A species of execution upon debts of record due to the crown, or due a creditor upon recognizance, statute merchant or staple, directing an appraisal of the debtor's goods and lands, whereupon they are delivered to the creditor upon his suing out a libertate. The writ differs from an ordinary execution in that the body of the debtor and his goods and lands can all be taken at onca Extent in cliief: an extent issuing at the suit of the crown, for the recovery of the crown's debt Extent in aid: an extent issuing at the instance and for the benefit of a debtor to the crown, for the recovery of a debt due to himself. In Scots law. The value or valuation of lands; the rents, profits and issues of lands.