As guarantee of this, the burgess was expected to own a house which could be distrained in the event of default of payment. |
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Having distrained upon the plaintiff's goods, the inventory prepared fell short of being meticulous. |
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Closet and pantry were distrained of their rarest delicacies, and the poultry-yard of its fattest broodlings, to furnish a palatable variety for his table. |
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It is most likely that if the offender did not submit willingly to settle the dispute in court, he could be distrained by the plaintiff. |
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There is, in fact, talk of an imminent departure, if only he will be able to get his spaceship back from the hotel owners who, they say, had it distrained. |
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It is among the sovereign's duties to uphold this right impartially, but the subject is given no means of redress if his property is unfairly seized or distrained. |
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Moreover, the Governmental Committee members approved a draft act on the experiment to introduce a new system of selling the distrained property through electronic auctions. |
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In one dispute over a distrained horse, Robert Gatell of Ouseburn, Yorkshire, refused to leave the church courtyard to fight his challenger, John Man. |
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The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. |
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