noun
- plural of eloiner; persons who eloign (remove or conceal property or a person to prevent legal seizure or service of process)
Usage: legal/archaic; chiefly historical
Examples
- The eloiners were charged with removing the defendant's assets before the court could seize them.
- Medieval law recognized eloiners as those who deliberately hid property to evade creditors.
- The statute targeted eloiners who conspired to spirit away chattels from the jurisdiction.