Definitionn. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
Last update: August 1, 2015
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Distraint on a debtor's corn was forbidden by the Code; not only must the creditor give it back, but his illegal action forfeited his claim altogether. [Please select]
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The distraint of knighthood, as it was called, began at least as far back as Edward I, 1278. [Please select]
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