distraint

/dih-streynt/US // dɪˈstreɪnt //UK // (dɪˈstreɪnt) //

困扰,拘束,烦扰,苦恼

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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.
If a man has taken an ox on distraint, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
At Michaelmas, 1817, the Duke of Somerset had made a distraint for rent.
An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.
The Bible forbids the distraint of a widow's goods; Simon restricted the reference to cases of poor widows.