distraint

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Etymology[edit]

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.[1][2][3]

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distraint (countable and uncountable, plural distraints)

  1. (law) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

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  1. ^ “distraint”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ “distraint”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ “distraint”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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