distraintn.

/dɪˈstreɪnt/

Etymology: < distrain v., perhaps after Old French destrainte (13–16th cent. in Godefroy), destraincte ‘a restraint of libertie’ (Cotgrave), feminine noun from past participle: compare constraint n.

a. The action of distraining (in the legal sense); = distress n. 3.

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

naamlOE

distressc1290

distrainingc1380

stress1443

attachmenta1450

poinding1462

distraina1500

strain1526

distressing1599

excussion1622

multiplepoinding1642

namation1706

distraint1730

distrainment1756

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Distraint, such a seizure [i.e. seizing upon a person’s goods for rent, parish duties, &c.].

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. vii. 115 There would be a distraint for penalties.

1869 Daily News 25 Aug. The bailiffs shortly afterwards entered the house, and..made a distraint which almost stripped it of furniture.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §10. 571 Payment of taxes..was enforced by distraint.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 262 The distraint of cattle for damages still retains a variety of archaic features.

b. distraint of knighthood n. compulsion to accept knighthood (in consequence of tenure of a knight's fee, or an estate worth £20 a year). (See distrain v. 7b.)

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > compulsion to accept knighthood

distraint of knighthood1875

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 281 The distraint of knighthood was..a link between the two branches of the national force.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	distraint
释义	distraintn. /dɪˈstreɪnt/ Etymology: < distrain v., perhaps after Old French destrainte (13–16th cent. in Godefroy), destraincte ‘a restraint of libertie’ (Cotgrave), feminine noun from past participle: compare constraint n. a. The action of distraining (in the legal sense); = distress n. 3. 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 naamlOE distressc1290 distrainingc1380 stress1443 attachmenta1450 poinding1462 distraina1500 strain1526 distressing1599 excussion1622 multiplepoinding1642 namation1706 distraint1730 distrainment1756 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Distraint, such a seizure [i.e. seizing upon a person’s goods for rent, parish duties, &c.]. 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. vii. 115 There would be a distraint for penalties. 1869 Daily News 25 Aug. The bailiffs shortly afterwards entered the house, and..made a distraint which almost stripped it of furniture. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §10. 571 Payment of taxes..was enforced by distraint. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. ix. 262 The distraint of cattle for damages still retains a variety of archaic features. b. distraint of knighthood n. compulsion to accept knighthood (in consequence of tenure of a knight's fee, or an estate worth £20 a year). (See distrain v. 7b.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > compulsion to accept knighthood distraint of knighthood1875 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 281 The distraint of knighthood was..a link between the two branches of the national force. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1730
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