Definition of Distrain. Meaning of Distrain. Synonyms of Distrain

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Definition of Distrain

Distrain
Distrain Dis*train", v. i. To levy a distress. Upon whom I can distrain for debt. --Camden.
Distrain
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. 2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.] Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain. --Spenser. 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.

Meaning of Distrain from wikipedia

- person (the distrainor), traditionally even without prior court approval, seizes the personal property of another located upon the distrainor's land in satisfaction...
- attorns tenant to the mortgagee, thus giving the mortgagee the right to distrain, as an additional security. As used in modern legal transactions, the term...
- possessing a certain amount of property Some say the equites had a right to distrain for this money likewise, it seems impossible that this account can be correct;...
- Distraining for Rent is an 1815 genre painting by the British artist David Wilkie. It shows a tenant farmer and his family facing eviction having fallen...
- inanimate, or it may be an animal or livestock. Any livestock had to be distrained at the time, before they left the land. No cause in distress would stand...
- favorable decision in 1760, obliging the Society to pay and giving leave to distrain in the case of non-payment. On the advice of their lawyers, the Jesuits...
- and, if necessary, visit the homes and companies of debtors to seize (distrain) property. The authority also has the right to withhold money directly...
- soldiers and Royal Irish Constabulary policemen who were escorting a distraining party attempting to collect tithes owed to a Church of Ireland rector...
- taken in distress) with damages for the loss sustained by such action. As distrained goods are in the custody of the law, any attempt to take them back by...
- recommends that the person intending to distrain should employ a lawyer (whose fee would be a third of the property distrained).: 179  The formal procedure of...