distraint.
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
Meaning & usage
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
Where this word comes from
From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.