单词 | distrainor |
释义 | distrainorn. One who distrains or levies a distress: a more technical form than distrainer, and correlative to distrainee. ΘΚΠ 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 > one who seizes goods for debt distrainant1553 poinder1574 poindlar1583 distrainer1607 pounder1660 distrainor1767 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 453 If a landlord distreins goods for rent, or a parish officer for taxes, these for a time are only a pledge in the hands of the distreinors. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. §29 In all these cases the distreinor used a set form of words. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 263 The impounded beasts, when the pound was uncovered, had to be fed by the owner and not by the distrainor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1767 |
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