单词 | poindable |
释义 | poindableadj. Scots Law. Now rare. Liable to be, or capable of being, poinded; subject to poinding. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > liable to be levied upon for debt > seizing goods for debt > seized for debt > able to be strainable1508 poindable1511 poundable1527 attachablea1579 distrainable1588 1511–12 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 15 He..findis na thing poyndable one the said ground for the said annuall. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 457 Substantious inlandit men, poindabill. a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen XXV in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 520/2 To seiss geir poindabill quhaireuir he may apprehend the same. 1662 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decis. Lords of Council (1701) i. 30 The ground might be decerned poindable. 1712 in C. A. Malcolm Minutes Justices of Peace Lanarkshire (1931) 129 In case the saids absents shall not have poyndable goods, to punish them in their person. 1772 Weekly Mag. 25 June 398/1 He has poindable goods. 1993 A. Midwinter & C. Monaghan Rates to Poll Tax iv. 76 In fact, there may be practicable difficulties in the identification of the specific owner of poindable goods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1511 |
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