Elegit.

Elegit. In England, a judgment creditor may elect to have a Fieri Facias (q.v.) to the sheriff to levy the debt, or that the sheriff should deliver to him the land (and formerly the goods) of the debtor. If he chooses to seize the land, he does so under a writ of elegit, and so long as he remains in possession he is tenant by elegit. The writ was formerly used chiefly for seizing chattels; but in most cases it was a less convenient remedy than a Fi. fu.