Dictionary Entry
distraint
distraint is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
- 2noun
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
"Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
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