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distrain
distrain [Anglo-French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin,
Distrain
Distrain, to make seizure to goods or chattels by way of distress. See DISTRESS. To take as a pledge
Distrainable
Capable of being or liable to be distrained
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Distrainer
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Distrain
To press heavily upon to bear down upon with violence hence to constrain or compel to bind to distress torment or afflict
Distrainer, or Distrainor
Matched in: Term Distrainer, or Distrainor
Distrainor
One who distrains the party distraining goods or chattels
Namation
A distraining or levying of a distress an impounding
Redistrainer
One who distrains again
Replevin
of the distress or taking, in an action of replevin to be forthwith commenced by him against the distrainer, and prosecuted with effect and without delay either in the County Court or in the High Court, and
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