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Webster 1913 Edition

Exigent

Exˊi-gent

,
Adj.
[L.
exigens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
exigere
to drive out or forth, require, exact. See
Exact
.]
Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.
“At this exigent moment.”
Burke.

Ex′i-gent

,
Noun.
1.
Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.
[Obs.]
Why do you cross me in this
exigent
?
Shakespeare
2.
(o. Eng. Law)
The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exigent

EXI'GENT

,
Noun.
Pressing business; occasion that calls for immediate help. [Not used.] See Exigence.]
1.
In law, a writ which lies where the defendant is not to be found, or after a return of non est inventus on former writs; the exigent or exigi facias then issues, which requires the sheriff to cause the defendant to be proclaimed or exacted, in five county courts successively, to render himself; and if he does not, he is outlawed.
2.
End; extremity. [Not used.]

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