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 译员Terence,毕业于国内顶尖法学院,擅长翻译有关能源和自然资源领域的法律文件。