Extent in United States
Extent Definition
A writ, issuing from the exchequer, by which the body, goods, and lands of the debtor may all be taken at once to satisfy the judgment. It is so called because the sheriff is to cause the lands to be appraised at their full extended value before he delivers them to the plaintiff. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 131. The writ originally lay to enforce judgments in case of recognizances or debts acknowledged on statutes merchant or staple (see St. 13 Edw. I. “de Mercatoribus;” 27 Edw. III. c. 9), and, by 33 Hen. VIII. c. 39, was extended to debts due the crown. The term is sometimes used in the various states of the United States to denote writs which give the creditor possession of the debtor’s lands for a limited time till the debt be paid. 16 Mass. 186. Extent in Aid. An extent issued at the suit or instance of a crown debtor against a person indebted to himself. This writ was much abused, owing to some peculiar privileges possessed by crown debtors, and its use was regulated by St. 57 Geo. III. c. 117. See 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 419. Extent In Chief. An extent issued to take a debtor’s lands into the possession of the crown. See 2 & 8 Vict, c 11; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, § 8.
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A writ, issuing from the exchequer, by which the body, goods, and lands of the debtor may all be taken at once to satisfy the judgment. It is so called because the sheriff is to cause the lands to be appraised at their full extended value before he delivers them to the plaintiff. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 131. The writ originally lay to enforce judgments in case of recognizances or debts acknowledged on statutes merchant or staple (see St. 13 Edw. I. “de Mercatoribus;” 27 Edw. III. c. 9), and, by 33 Hen. VIII. c. 39, was extended to debts due the crown. The term is sometimes used in the various states of the United States to denote writs which give the creditor possession of the debtor’s lands for a limited time till the debt be paid. 16 Mass. 186. Extent in Aid. An extent issued at the suit or instance of a crown debtor against a person indebted to himself. This writ was much abused, owing to some peculiar privileges possessed by crown debtors, and its use was regulated by St. 57 Geo. III. c. 117. See 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 419. Extent In Chief. An extent issued to take a debtor’s lands into the possession of the crown. See 2 & 8 Vict, c 11; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, § 8.
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