distrain

distrain, vb.

1. To force (a person, usu. a tenant), by the seizure and detention of personal property, to perform an obligation (such as paying overdue rent). [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 270. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 681, 685–696, 701–711.]

2. To seize (goods) by distress, a legal remedy entitling the rightful owner to recover property wrongfully taken. — Also spelled distrein. — distraint, n.

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