distraint

English

Etymology

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Noun

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.

Related terms

• distrain
• distrainable

Translations

right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 扣押財物／扣押财物 (kòuyā cáiwù) , ^{(please verify)} 扣押财物 (kòuyā cáiwù)

• Finnish: pidätysoikeus
• French: saisie-exécution (fr) f, saisie mobilière f, saisie-arrêt (fr) f
• Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu), lefoglalás, zár alá vétel
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• Italian: pignoramento (it) m
• Romanian: sechestru (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍvrha (sh) f (Croatian)
• Spanish: embargo (es)

See also

• foreclosure
• garnishment