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distraint

N การ ยึดทรัพย์ เพื่อ บังคับ ความยากลำบาก

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISTRAINT

Dis *traint ", n. Etym: [OF. destrainte distress, force. ] (Law )

Defn: The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.

New American Oxford Dictionary

distraint

dis traint |disˈtrānt dəˈstreɪnt | ▶noun Law the seizure of someone's property in order to obtain payment of money owed, esp. rent: many faced heavy fines and the distraint of goods. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from distrain, on the pattern of constraint .

Oxford Dictionary

distraint

distraint |dɪˈstreɪnt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law the seizure of someone's property in order to obtain payment of money owed, especially rent: many faced heavy fines and the distraint of goods. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from distrain, on the pattern of constraint .