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Webster 1913 Edition

Elisor

E-li′sor

,
Noun.
[F.
éliseur
, fr.
élire
to choose, L.
eligere
. See
Elect
.]
(Eng. Law)
An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elisor

ELI'SOR

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Noun.
s as z. In law, a sheriff's substitute for returning a jury. When the sheriff is not an indifferent person, as when he is a party to a suit, or related by blood or affinity to either of the parties, the venire is issued to the coroners; or if any exception lies to the coroners,the venire shall be directed to two clerks of the court, or to two persons of the county, named by the court, and sworn; and these, who are called elisors or electors, shall return the jury.

Definition 2024

elisor

elisor

English

Noun

elisor ‎(plural elisors)

  1. (law, chiefly Britain) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

Etymology

French éliseur, from élire to choose, from Latin ēligō. See elect.

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