distringas

/ dɪsˈtrɪŋɡæs /

noun

from Latin: you shall distrain (the opening word of the writ)

After several months' delay, during which the bank officials ignored a summons to appear in court, a distringas was secured.

Perhaps the best plan would be to put on a distringas with the deceased's grocer.

A corporation, however, is proceeded against by distringas and not by attachment.

Distringas, dis-tring′gas, n. an old writ directing a sheriff or other officer to distrain.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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