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distrain
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Distrain
(gcide) | Distrain \Dis*train"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains."
--Chaucer.
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2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
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Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
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3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
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Distrain
(gcide) | Distrain \Dis*train"\, v. i.
To levy a distress.
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Upon whom I can distrain for debt. --Camden.
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distrain
(wn) | distrain
v 1: levy a distress on
2: confiscate by distress
3: legally take something in place of a debt payment |
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Distrain
(gcide) | Distrain \Dis*train"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains."
--Chaucer.
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2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
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Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
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3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
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To levy a distress.
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Upon whom I can distrain for debt. --Camden.
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Distrainable
(gcide) | Distrainable \Dis*train"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. --Blackstone.
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Distrained
(gcide) | Distrain \Dis*train"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains."
--Chaucer.
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2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
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Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
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3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
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Distrainer
(gcide) | Distrainer \Dis*train"er\, n.
Same as Distrainor.
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Distraining
(gcide) | Distrain \Dis*train"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains."
--Chaucer.
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2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
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Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
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3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels.
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Distrainor
(gcide) | Distrainor \Dis*train"or\, n. (Law)
One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
--Blackstone.
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Distraint
(gcide) | Distraint \Dis*traint"\, n. [OF. destrainte distress, force.]
(Law)
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by
distress. --Abbott.
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Redistrainer
(gcide) | Redistrainer \Re`dis*train"er\ (-tr?n"?r), n.
One who distrains again.
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distraint
(wn) | distraint
n 1: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents
or property damage but now the landlord is given a
landlord's lien" [syn: distress, distraint] |
DISTRAINO
(bouvier) | DISTRAINOR. One who makes a distress of goods and chattels to enforce some
right.
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TO DISTRAIN
(bouvier) | TO DISTRAIN. To take an keep any personal chattel in custody, as a distress.
(q.v.)
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