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Distress

Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of

distress

distress [Anglo-French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle

Distressful

Full of distress causing indicating or attended with distress as a distressful situation

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distressing

Causing distress painful unpleasant

Distress

Extreme pain or suffering anguish of body or mind as to suffer distress from the gout or from the loss of friends

distressed

facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty as distressed companies need loans and technical advice

distressfulness

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emotional distress

emotional distress : a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another's conduct and for

Second distress

Second distress. A landlord has a power at common law to make a second distress for the same rent (Woodfall

Impounding distress

Impounding distress. Placing cattle, etc., after they have been detrained, in a pound (see that title) or other safe place

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