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Definition of Distraining
1. distrain [v] - See also: distrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distraining
Literary usage of Distraining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"Of abusing the Distress, and of Irregularity in the Proceedings by the Party
distraining. AN abuse of the distress makes the party distraining a trespasser ..."
2. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"An action is not maintainable for distraining beasts of the plough where there
is no other sufficient subject of distress on the premises. Pig- gott \. ..."
3. A Manual of the Law of Landlord and Tenant by Horace Smith, Thomas Spooner Soden (1878)
"This statute does not apply to the case of a distress unlawfully made, as where
a landlord, in distraining, breaks an outer-door (k). ..."
4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1899)
"As to the second and third objections, the order shews that James Davis removed
his goods to prevent Gyde from distraining them for rent due to Gyde for the ..."
5. The Law of Landlord and Tenant: With All the Requisite Forms, Including the by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"Action for distraining, where no Rent is due. The form of Action, and in what Cases.
At common law, if a landlord distrained for rent, where no rent was due ..."
6. An Abridgement of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn, Edward E. Law, Henry Wheaton, Thomas Isaac Wharton (1857)
"19, " Where any distress shall be made for any rent justly due, and any irregularity
or unlawful act shall be afterwards done by the party distraining, ..."
7. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"Penalty upon Landlord, Arc., for distraining, or for selling it'here no Sent is due
... distraining Prematurely. Thus, as the reut is strictly not due until ..."
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