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distrainer|dɪˈstreɪnə(r)| [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who distrains; = distrainor.
1607Cowell Interpr. s.v. Distresse, The effect..is, to driue the party distreined to replevie the distresse, and so to take his action of trespasse against the distreiner. 1736in Jacob Law Dict. (ed. 3). 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. xiv. 363 Thou mightst have become a distrainer for rent, or a surcharger of taxes. 1880Muirhead Gaius Digest 535 The distrainer had to use certain words of style. 1893Law Times XCIV. 600/2 A sheriff's officer may break open outhouses, though a distrainer may not. |