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Definition of Distraints
1. distraint [n] - See also: distraint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distraints
Literary usage of Distraints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of George Whitehead, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of by George Whitehead, Samuel Tuke (1832)
"... vere distraints in 1683.—Sufferings of Friends in London, and George Whitehead
imprisoned in Newgate, 1684. The sufferings of Friends confined in ..."
2. American Compared with England: The Respective Social Effects of the by Robert W. Russell (1848)
"American Law of Debtor and Creditor ; Property exempted from Execution — Practical
Exemption of Land from Execution in England — distraints for Eent. ..."
3. America Compared with England: The Respective Social Effects of the American by Robert W. Russell (1849)
"... Exemption of Land from Execution in England—distraints for Rent. -I. In America
the courts are accessible to all, and the costs are inconsiderable. ..."
4. An Englishman in Paris (Notes and Recollections) by Albert Dresden Vandam (1893)
"... the electors at Joigny—Dumas' utter indifference to monev matters—He casts
his burdens upon others—Dumas and his creditors—Writs and distraints—How they ..."
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