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What does distraint mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
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This morning a letter has arrived, threatening a distraint upon our goods unless a large sum of money be paid by to-morrow.
First, that the goods were not Mr Newman's and so not open to distraint.
For all the foregoing reasons, therefore, I conclude that the distraint upon the plaintiff's goods was contrary to law.
The aid continued to exist as no action was taken on the breach of the 1996 agreement until the October 1997 distraint.
On the house and property a distraint had been levied for moneys due which had not been paid.
And the same process of distraint, warning, and forfeiture is to be repeated until he comes.

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