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Example sentences from the Web for distraint

This morning a letter has arrived, threatening a distraint upon our goods unless a large sum of money be paid by to-morrow.
The Idol of The Blind|Tom Gallon
There was a poor woman who kept a shop, and she was threatened with a distraint for her poor-rate.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh
On the house and property a distraint had been levied for moneys due which had not been paid.
Balzac|Frederick Lawton
If he failed to pay his rent, however excessive, his property was rendered liable to distraint and his person to imprisonment.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various

Why, there is not a police inspector in France who would come at this hour to carry out an investigation—and a distraint to boot!
Messengers of Evil|Pierre Souvestre

单词	distraint
释义	distraint [ dih-streynt ] / dɪˈstreɪnt / noun Law. the act of distraining; a distress. Origin of distraint 1720–30; distrain + -t, modeled on constraint, restraint Words nearby distraint distractive, distractor, distrail, distrain, distrainee, distraint, distrait, distraite, distraught, distress, distress call Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for distraint This morning a letter has arrived, threatening a distraint upon our goods unless a large sum of money be paid by to-morrow. The Idol of The Blind\|Tom Gallon There was a poor woman who kept a shop, and she was threatened with a distraint for her poor-rate. Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine\|Edwin Waugh On the house and property a distraint had been levied for moneys due which had not been paid. Balzac\|Frederick Lawton If he failed to pay his rent, however excessive, his property was rendered liable to distraint and his person to imprisonment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4\|Various Why, there is not a police inspector in France who would come at this hour to carry out an investigation—and a distraint to boot! Messengers of Evil\|Pierre Souvestre British Dictionary definitions for distraint distraint / (dɪˈstreɪnt) / noun law the act or process of distraining; distress Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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distraint

noun Law.

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British Dictionary definitions for distraint

noun