distress damage feasantglossary / distress damage feasant The right to seize animals or inanimate chattels that are damaging or encumbering land and to keep them as security until the owner pays compensation. [Cases: Animals 95. C.J.S. Animals §§ 250, 252.] 词条贡献者 法律翻译文楷,毕业于新加坡知名法学院,专注翻译各类与合并许可有关的法律文件。