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distrainable
dis·train D0295500 (dĭ-strān′)v. dis·trained, dis·train·ing, dis·trains Law v.tr.1. To seize and hold (property) to compel payment or reparation, as of debts.2. To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts; distress.v.intr. To levy a distress.
[Middle English distreinen, from Old French destreindre, destreign-, from Medieval Latin distringere, distrinct-, from Latin, to hinder : dis-, apart; see dis- + stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
dis·train′a·ble adj.dis·train′ment n.dis·trai′nor, dis·train′er n.LegalSeedistrain |