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verb
Distrain  v. i.  To levy a distress. "Upon whom I can distrain for debt."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Distrain" Quotes from Famous Books



... here would have been seized long ago, if there had been anything to seize. But you can't distrain on trout—dear slithery things. And as the ponds afford my only means of sustenance, and do occasionally bring in something, my creditors have to leave me the house and a few beds and chairs so that ...
— Delia Blanchflower • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... with a crown on his head, and a sceptre in each of his hands. Public officers were at this time appointed, laws, on some occasions, enacted, while for eight days it was forbidden for any man to slay, maim, or assault his enemy, or to distrain upon his debtor's lands. The return of these festivals has sometimes been mistaken by our historians for a repetition of the coronation, strictly ...
— Coronation Anecdotes • Giles Gossip



Words linked to "Distrain" :   impound, sequester, attach, impose, levy, reclaim



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