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]