About The Word Distrain
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Distrain
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What's The Definition Of Distrain?
[v] legally take something in place of a debt payment
[v] confiscate by distress [v] levy a distress on Synonyms | Synonyms for Distrain: Related Terms | Find terms related to Distrain: See Also | attach | confiscate | impose | impound | levy | reclaim | repossess | seize | sequester Distrain In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*train"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distrained}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Distraining}.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
{Strain}, and cf. {Distress}, {District}, {Distraint}.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] ``Distrained with chains.''
--Chaucer.
2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
\Dis*train"\, v. i. To levy a distress. Upon whom I can distrain for debt. --Camden. |
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