distraint
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How to use distraint in a sentence
If a man has not corn or money upon a man and levies a distraint, for every single distraint he shall pay one-third of a mina.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonIf a man has taken an ox on distraint, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonAt Michaelmas, 1817, the Duke of Somerset had made a distraint for rent.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3 | John Charles DentAn unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.
The Bible forbids the distraint of a widow's goods; Simon restricted the reference to cases of poor widows.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
British Dictionary definitions for distraint
/ (dɪˈstreɪnt) /
law the act or process of distraining; distress
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