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What does distraining mean?

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  1. present participle of distrain
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But when Hazlitt called, these works were gone, including apparently his most significant recent picture, Distraining for Rent.
The manuscript adds that an attempt by the Duchess to prevent Lord and Lady Harley from distraining tenants who did not pay their rent has been thrown out of court.
Only if the equitable lease prevailed would the landlord's action in distraining be proper.
Savings Deposit Insurance Fund started distraining all companies belonging to the Toprak Group who violated the protocol, and seized two of their companies.

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