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Examples of distraint
distraint
An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.
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This tract deals primarily with four types of distraint, divided based on the waiting period.
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It is also the main distraint authority in Sweden.
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Literally the four paths of distraint, a process by which one was allowed under certain circumstances to seize goods owed by another.
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- Distress: 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"
- Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someoneu2019s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", especially in common law countries...
- The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent
- This is used by landlords as a tool where there is unpaid rent. Where a landlord has agreed a payment plan for rent and this is not adhered to they have various options and can instruct an agent to enter the property and remove goods or assets to cover the value of the debt. ...
- A landlord's action for recovering arrears in rent by taking possession of and selling the tenant's personal property.
- The right of a landlord, pursuant to a court order, to seize tenants belongings for rents in arrears.
- The enforcement of distress for rent
- Seizure of personal property.
