Definition of distrain

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Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

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Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..
Distrained :: Distrained (imp. & p. p.) of Distrai.
Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..
Distraining :: Distraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distrai.
Distrainor :: Distrainor (n.) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..
Distrainer :: Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.
Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent.
Distrainable :: Distrainable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) 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..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Redistrainer :: Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To rend; to tear.
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