The meaning of Distrain
Distrain – definition
verbSeize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed.
Usage examples:
Legislation has restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises
verbTo take and sell property from someone who owes you money in order to pay back their debt
Usage examples:
Under the law, landlords have a legal right to distrain goods from a defaulting tenant in lieu of r…
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Word origin
Middle English: from Old French destreindre, from Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’, from dis- ‘apart’ + stringere ‘tighten’.
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