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elegit

(ɪˈliːdʒɪt)
n
a writ which delivered a debtor's property to a plaintiff until the debt was satisfied. This was abolished in 1956
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e•le•git

(ɪˈli dʒɪt)

n.
a legal writ of execution held by a creditor against land, goods, or other property until a debt has been paid.
[1495–1505; < Latin: he has chosen, perf. 3rd pers. singular of ēligere]
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[beaucoup moins que]Cette strategie a contribue a ameliorer le marche du travail, dans le sud surtout et a permis a l'ANEM de progresser dans le recensement des demandes et offres d'emploi[beaucoup plus grand que], assure-t-il, precisant que les perspectives dans le marche de l'emploi ne se limitent au secteur de l'energie, mais est elegit aussi a l'artisanat, a l'agriculture et a l'entreprenariat.
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For example, the Introit declaims the twelfth verse of Psalm 32, "Beata gens, cujus est Dominus Deus eorum: populus quern elegit Dominus in hereditatem sibi" (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom He hath chosen for his inheritance).
(58) Le mystere ..., 291 (259); cita de Ef 1, 3-6, con ciertos recortes, aparece en frances, pero parece ser la traduccion propia del autor de la version de Vulgata: <<Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spirituali in caelestibus in Christo, sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem, ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu ejus in caritate.
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A syncretic Hinduism doesn't need the elegit machismo of these terrorist groups.
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