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 dis·traint /dɪˈstrent/
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 Dis·traint n.  Law The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
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 distraint
      n : the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
          of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally
          distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for
          unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is
          given a landlord's lien" [syn: distress]