elizor

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A form of elisor — A person appointed by a court for certain acts, such as to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

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Meanings

nounelizor (plural elizors)

plural elizors

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of elisor.

    If the sheriff be a party, the writ should be directed to the other sheriff, if there be two; or if there be but one, then to the coroners; and if the coroners also be parties, then to persons appointed by the court, or nominated by one of the masters, usually called elizors.

    1840, Thomas Chitty, “Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 6: The Writ of Capias”, in Archbold's Practice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Personal Actions and Ejectment, 7th edition, London: S. Sweet; V. & R. Stevens; G. S. Norton, page 508; Direction of Writ

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lozier
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APA

elizor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elizor

MLA

“elizor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elizor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elizor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elizor.

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