Elongatus
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Elongatus, a return to a writ de homine replegiando, that the man was out of the sheriff's jurisdiction, whereupon a process was issued, called a capias in withernam, to imprison the defendant himself, without bail or main prize, until he produced him.
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