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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·traint /dɪˈstrent/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·traint n.  Law The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]