Get to know Distraint better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like distress or seizure.
Distraint in a sentence
Distraint meaning
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
Using Distraint
- The main meaning on this page is: The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
- Useful related words include: distress, seizure.
- In the example corpus, distraint often appears in combinations such as: distraint of.
Context around Distraint
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Distraint
- In this selection, "distraint" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include fines in distraint of knighthood and was the distraint of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "distraint" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with distraint
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox. (15 words)
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. (30 words)
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. (30 words)
An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox. (15 words)
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.
Common combinations with distraint
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- distraint of 2×