ELONGATA

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

  ELONGATA, practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, 
  when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him. See, for the form 
  of this return, Wats. Sher. Appx. c. 18, s. 3, p. 454; 3 Bl. Com. 148. 
       2. On this return the plaintiff is entitled to a capias in withernam. 
  Vide Withernam, and Wats. Sher. 300, 301. The word eloigne, (q.v.) is 
  sometimes used as synonymous with elongata.