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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Distraint \Dis*traint"\, n. [OF. destrainte distress, force.]
(Law)
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by
distress. --Abbott.
資料來源 : WordNet®
distraint
n : the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally
distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for
unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is
given a landlord's lien" [syn: {distress}]