Definition of Poinder

1. n. The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.

Definition of Poinder

1. Noun. (Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder. ¹

2. Noun. (Scotland) One who distrains property. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Poinder

1. one who impounds [n -S] - See also: impounds

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poinder

poikilothermous
poikilotherms
poikilothermy
poikilothrombocyte
poikilothymia
poikilotopic
poilu
poilus
poimenics
poinado
poinadoes
poinciana
poincianas
poind
poinded
poinder (current term)
poinders
poinding
poindings
poinds
poinsetta
poinsettas
poinsettia
poinsettia strain
poinsettias
point
point-and-click
point-and-shoot
point-and-shoot camera
point-blank

Literary usage of Poinder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the King's Bench Practice Court by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling (1834)
"The plaintiff had dealings persons to it was in the possession of witn poinder g- Co., and indorsed the bill to them in pay- tiff was indebt- ment of part ..."

2. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1906)
"Creditors having liquidated grounds of debt or decrees for payment, and summoning the poinder, are, by the bankrupt statute sect 5, entitled to a ..."

3. A Treatise on Leases: Explaining the Nature, Form, and Effect of the by Robert Bell, William Bell (1825)
"terms of payment of the rent be not come; and unless he " offer payment of the rent, if the term of payment be past: " FOUND, that a poinder, ..."

4. Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, from 1800 to 1842; by Patrick Shaw, Scotland Courts, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1843)
"Pending a poinding the debtor sold the effects to a third party, who granted bill for the price, which was indorsed and paid to the poinder; held, ..."

5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1858)
"It Is 'i order to cut down completed diligence that it is necessary to summon 'he poinder, but it is not necessary absolutely to summon, if the matter is ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the King's Bench Practice Court by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling (1834)
"The plaintiff had dealings persons to it was in the possession of witn poinder g- Co., and indorsed the bill to them in pay- tiff was indebt- ment of part ..."

7. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1906)
"Creditors having liquidated grounds of debt or decrees for payment, and summoning the poinder, are, by the bankrupt statute sect 5, entitled to a ..."

8. A Treatise on Leases: Explaining the Nature, Form, and Effect of the by Robert Bell, William Bell (1825)
"terms of payment of the rent be not come; and unless he " offer payment of the rent, if the term of payment be past: " FOUND, that a poinder, ..."

9. Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, from 1800 to 1842; by Patrick Shaw, Scotland Courts, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1843)
"Pending a poinding the debtor sold the effects to a third party, who granted bill for the price, which was indorsed and paid to the poinder; held, ..."

10. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1858)
"It Is 'i order to cut down completed diligence that it is necessary to summon 'he poinder, but it is not necessary absolutely to summon, if the matter is ..."

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