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
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
