The act by which one who was unfree, or under the power and control of another, is set at liberty and made his own master. Fremont v. Sandown, 56 N. H. 303; Porter v. Powell, 79 Iowa, 151, 44 N. W. 295, 7 L. R. A. 17G, 18 Am. SL Rep. 353; Varney v. Young, 11 Vt 258
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The act of a wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit with another man. 2 Bl. Comm. 130. To constitute an elopement, the wife must not only leave the husband, bnt go beyond his actual control; for if she abandons the hus* band, and goes and lives in adultery in a house belonging to him, it is said not to be an elopement Cogswell v. Tibbetts, 3 N. H. 42
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In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vern. 4, and note
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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. Comm. 129
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In England, where in a proceeding by foreign attachment the plain
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The getting a thing or person out of the way; or removing it to a distance, so as to be out of reach. Gameau v. Mill Co., 8 wash. 467, 36 Pac. 463
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In practice. Eloigned; carried away to a distance. The old form of the return made by a sheriff to a writ of replevin, stating that the goods or beasts had been eloigned; that is, carried to a dls-tance, to places to him unknown. 3 Bl. Comm. 148; 3 Steph. Comm. 522; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 73, 74; Archb. N. Pract 552
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In practice. (Fr. tloigncr, to remove to a distance; to remove afar ofT.) A return to a writ of replevin, when the chattels have been removed out of the way of the sheriff
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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. Comm. 355; Co. Litt. 158; 3 Steph. Comm. 597, note
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As applied to a candidate for an elective office, this term means capa-ble of being chosen; the subject of selection or choice; and also implies competency to hold the office if chosen. Demaree v. Scates, 50 Kan. 275, 32 Pac. 1123, 20 L. R. A. 97, 34 Am. SL Rep. 113; Carroll v. Green, 148 Ind. 362, 47 N. E. 223; Searcy v. Grow, 15 Cal. 121; People v. Purdy, 21 App. Dlv. 66, 47 N. Y. Supp. 601
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In old English law. The act of banishing or turning out of doors; rejection
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(Lat He has chosen.) This is the name, in Engllsh practice, of a writ of execution first given by the statute of Westm. 2 (13 Edw. I. c. 18) either upon a judgment for a debt or damages or upon the forfeiture of a recognizance taken in the king’s court. It is so called because it is in the choice or election of the plaintiff whether he will sue out this writ or a fl. fa. By it the defendant’s goods and chattels are ap-praised and all of them (except oxen and beasts of the plow) are delivered to the plaintiff, at such reasonable appraisement and price, in part satisfaction of his debt If the goods are not sufficient, then the mole* ty of his freehold lands, which he had at the time of the judgment given, are also to be delivered to the plaintiff, to hold till out of the rents and profits thereof the debt be lev ied, or till the defendant’s interest be expired. During this period the plaintiff is called “tenant by elegit,” and his estate, an “es-tate by elegit.” This writ, or Its analogue, is in use in some of the United States, ns Virginia and Kentucky. See 3 Bl. Comm. 418; Hutcheson v. Grubbs, 80 Va. 254; North American F. Ins. Co. v. Graham, 5 Sandf. (N. Y.) 197
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The forces of nature. The elements are the means through which God acts, and “damages by the elements” means the same thing as “damages hy tiie act of God.” Polack v. Pioche, 35 Cal. 416, 95 Am. Dec. 115; Van wormer v. Crane. 51 Mlch. 363, 16 N. W. 686, 47 Am. Rep. 582; Hatch
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Relatlng to the dis-tribution of alms, bounty, or charity; chari-table
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ER. In the clvll law. Accurately ; with discrimination. Veazie v. williams, 3 Story, 611, 636, Fed. Cas. No. 16,907
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The place in a religious house where the common alms were deposited, and thence by the almoner dls-tributed to the poor
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In old English law. An almoner, or chief officer, who received the eleemosynary rents ani gifts, and in due method distributed them to pious and charitable uses. Cowell; wharton
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To put to death by passing through the body a current of elec; tricity of high power. This term, descriptive of the method of Inflicting the death pen-alty on convicted criminals in some of the states, is a vulgar neologism of hybrid origin, which should be discountenanced
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Possessions belonging to the church. Blount
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Dependent upon choice; bestowed or passing by election. Also per-taining or relating to elections; conferring the right or power to vote at elections
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Pertaining to electors or elections; composed or consisting of electors
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The word “elected,” in its ordinary signification, carries with it the idea of a vote, generally popular, sometimes more restricted, and cannot be held the syn-onym of any other mode of filling a position. Magruder v. Swann, 25 Md. 213; State v. Harrison, 113 Ind. 434, 16 N. B. 384, 3 Am. St Rep. 663; Kimberlin v. State, 130 Ind. 120, 29 N. EL 773, 14 L. R. A. 858, 30 Am. St Rep. 208; wickersham v. Brittan, 93 CaL 34, 28 Pac. 792, 15 L. R. A. 106; State v. Irwin, 5 Nev. 111
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The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. State v. Tucker, 54 Ala. 210
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)