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Extent

Hist. 1. A seizure of property in execution of a writ. 2. A writ issued by the Exchequer to recover a debt owed to the Crown, under which the debtor's lands, goods, or body could all be seized to secure payment. - Also termed writ of extent; extent in chief. 3. A writ giving a creditor temporary possession of the debtor's property (esp. land). - Also termed extendi facias.

In his enim quae sunt favorabilia animae, quamvis sunt damnosa rebus, fiat aliquando extentio statuti.

In things that are favorable to the spirit, though injurious to property, an extension of the statute should sometimes be made.

Reextent hist

A second extent made upon complaint that the ealier extent was improper See extent.

cumulative-to-the-extent-earned dividend

See DIVIDEND.

extent in aid

Hist. A writ that a Crown debtor could obtain against a person indebted to the Crown debtor so that the Crown debtor could satisfy the debt to the Crown. ( This writ, having been much abused because of some peculiar privileges that Crown debtors enjoyed, was abolished in 1947 by the Crown Proceedings Act.

extent in chief

See EXTENT (2).

extenta manerii

[Latin "the extent of a manor"] An English statute (4 Edw., St. 1) directing the making of a survey of a manor and all its appendages.

manorial extent

Hist. A survey of a manor by a jury of tenants, giving the numbers and names of tenants, the size of their holdings, the kind of tenure, and the kind and amount of the tenants' services.

writ of extent