ELOIGNE

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ELOIGNE, practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance; 
  to remove afar off. It is used as a return to a writ of replevin, when the 
  chattels have been removed out of the way of the sheriff. Vide Elongata.