Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distraint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distraint \Dis*traint"\, n. [OF. destrainte distress, force.]
(Law)
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by
distress. --Abbott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distraint
n : the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim [syn: {distress}]
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