elizor

English

Noun

elizor (plural elizors)

  1. Alternative spelling of elisor.
    • 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[1], 7th edition, London: S. Sweet; V. & R. Stevens; G. S. Norton, page 508; Direction of Writ:
      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.
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