distrain
verb (used with object)
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
distrainer
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a word derived from
distrain.
Example Sentences
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The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
If a man has corn or money upon a man and has levied a distraint, and the distress in the house of his distrainer dies a natural death, that case has no penalty.
From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Homesteads were sold for the payment of foreclosed mortgages, cattle were seized in distrainer, and the farmer himself was sent to jail.
From The Critical Period of American History by John Fiske
Excessive or disproportionate distress exposes the distrainer to an action, and any irregularity formerly made the proceedings 323 void ab initio, so that the remedy was attended with considerable risk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
