distraint / dɪˈstreɪnt /

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distraint 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Law.

  1. the act of distraining; a distress.

更多distraint例句

  1. If a man has not corn or money upon a man and levies a distraint, for every single distraint he shall pay one-third of a mina.
  2. If a man has taken an ox on distraint, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
  3. At Michaelmas, 1817, the Duke of Somerset had made a distraint for rent.
  4. An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.
  5. The Bible forbids the distraint of a widow's goods; Simon restricted the reference to cases of poor widows.