Definition of Distrainor

1. n. One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Definition of Distrainor

1. Noun. (legal) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. ¹

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Definition of Distrainor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distrainor

distractious
distractive
distractor
distractors
distracts
distrad
distrads
distrail
distrails
distrain
distrainable
distrained
distrainer
distrainers
distraining
distrainor (current term)
distrainors
distrains
distraint
distraints
distrait
distraite
distraught
distraughted
distraughtly
distraughtness
distream
distreamed
distreaming
distreams

Literary usage of Distrainor

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

1. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1898)
"There is no sufficient authority for [ *700 ] saying that the pound is to all purposes the distrainor's. I he puts the distress into a secure pound-overt, ..."

2. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1835)
"... without default or neglect of the distrainor, he may bring trespass for the damage. And although i the defendant plead that the cattle were taken dam. ..."

3. The County Court Statutes from 1846 to 1875: The Repealed Sections Being by George Manley Wetherfield (1876)
"... be in accordance with the right claimed, and be as concise as possible.] 182. NOTICE TO distrainor OF GOODS [OR CATTLE] INTENDED TO BE ..."

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