Definition of Distrainable

1. a. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

Definition of Distrainable

1. Adjective. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. ¹

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Definition of Distrainable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distrainable

distracting
distractingly
distraction
distraction conus
distractions
distractious
distractive
distractor
distractors
distracts
distrad
distrads
distrail
distrails
distrain
distrainable (current term)
distrained
distrainer
distrainers
distraining
distrainor
distrainors
distrains
distraint
distraints
distrait
distraite
distraught
distraughted
distraughtly

Literary usage of Distrainable

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

1. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"Fixtures not distrainable until severed from the Freehold.— Things affixed to the freehold, although belonging to the tenant, cannot be distrained so long ..."

2. The American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1904)
"Fixtures not distrainable until severed from the Freehold. — Things affixed to the freehold, although belonging to the tenant, cannot be distrained so long ..."

3. A Digest of the Law of Uses and Profits of Landby Stephen Martin Leake by Stephen Martin Leake (1888)
"E. Things distrainable—fixtures. Animals. Perishable goods—corn and hay—growing crops. Things in personal use. Implements of trade—beasts of ..."

4. The Law of Fixtures: In the Principal Relation of Landlord and Tenant, and by Archibald Brown (1881)
"The contention on the part of the plaintiff, the tenant, was this — that this class of fixtures was not distrainable for rent ; the endeavour of the ..."

5. The Law of Landlord and Tenant: With All the Requisite Forms, Including the by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"Action for distraining Property not distrainable. In what cases. Fixtures.] Things fixed to the freehold cannot legally be distrained: Simpson v. ..."

6. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"Horses and Cattle being agisted arc distrainable. But not when taken in to rent for a night. Decision of the Irish Court of Queen's Bunch. ..."

7. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"... of all things distrainable. 1 Sid. 18. (S 10.) What is not reasonable. — If it cannot have had a reasonable commencement. But a custom is not reasonable ..."

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