distrainmentn.
The action or fact of distraining; distraint.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt > seizure of goods
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1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 47 As I was ever liable to distrainment, I took my leave.
1882 W. B. Weeden Social Law Labor 151 Many families have been ruined by this distrainment.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/1 The only means of enforcing rent is by ejectment, as seizures and distrainments cannot be carried out in the district.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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