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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
eloign .
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If the Iheriff return that the diftrefs is eloigned, fo that he cannot deliver them upon the replevin, or upon the retorno bar itendoy the withernam goes; for where it appears there cannot be a delivery made of the fame, the law commands an equivalcniK
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The witherpam; or procefs where the goods are eloigned.
manilamac commented on the word eloigned
I encountered this word in a novel, humorously used in the sense of "kidnapped." Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) gives two usage examples: "From worldly cares he did himself eloign. --Spenser." & "The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned.--Blackstone." The concept involved reminds me of the phrase, "moved to Oklahoma," which, in Texas, is a euphemism for declaring bankruptcy.
May 19, 2009