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Impounding distress. Placing cattle, etc., after they have been detrained, in a pound (see that title) or other safe place for custody, which safe place may, by virtue of the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 10, in the case of distress upon a tenant for rent, be on the demised premises themselves. The (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27), obliges the person impounding any animal to provide it with sufficient and wholesome food and water....
Impound
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound hence to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court as to impound stray cattle to impound an illegally parked car to impound a document for safe keeping...
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as a pledge for the redressing an injury, the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand.This remedy may be resorted to by a landlord for recovery of rent in arrear, by a rate collector or tax collector for recovery of rates or taxes, and by justices of the peace for the recovery of fines due on summary convictions.A distress may be made of common right for the rent payable by a tenant to a landlord, technically termed 'rent-service,' and by particular reservation, or under s. 121 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, for rent-charges, and also for rents-seck since the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1730 (4 Geo. 2, c. 28), s. 5, which extended the same remedy to rents-seck, rents of assize, and chief-rents, and thereby in effect abolished all mater...
Impound
Impound, to place a suspected document in the custody of the law, when it is produced at a trial. As to custody of documents impounded by the Court, see R.S.C. Ord. XLII., r. 334.Means (1) To place (something such as a car or other personal property) in the custody of the police or the court, often with the understanding that it will be retuned intact at the end of the proceeding.(2) To take and retain possession of (something, such as a forged document to be produced as evidence) in preparation for a criminal prosecution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 760....
impound
impound : to take control of in the custody of the law or by legal authority [ a vehicle] [the police ed the dwelling until the search warrant was obtained] im·pound·ment n ...
Impounder
One who impounds...
emotional distress
emotional distress : a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another's conduct and for which damages may be sought called also emotional harm mental anguish mental distress mental disturbance mental suffering see also outrage, zone of danger NOTE: Damages may be recoverable for emotional distress that is caused intentionally or negligently. Recovery for negligent infliction of emotional distress often requires that the plaintiff suffer a physical injury as well. ...
infliction of emotional distress
infliction of emotional distress :the tort of intentionally or negligently causing emotional distress called also infliction of mental distress see also emotional distress ...
Second distress
Second distress. A landlord has a power at common law to make a second distress for the same rent (Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant), but a second distress for the same rent is not to be made if there was enough which might have been taken on a first distress, Hutchins v. Chambers, (1758) 1 Burr 579....
distress
distress [Anglo-French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain ] 1 : seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized ;specif : seizure by a landlord of a tenant's property to obtain satisfaction of arrearages in rent NOTE: Distress is regulated by statute where available. It has been held unconstitutional by some courts. 2 : pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind see also emotional distress ...
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