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Distraint
Distraint meaning
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
Example sentences (2)
An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.
In the following months, ship money, fines in distraint of knighthood and excise without parliamentary consent were declared unlawful, and the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission were abolished.