- distrainable
- adjective see distrain
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
distrainable
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Distrainable — Dis*train a*ble, a. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distrainable — See distrain. * * * … Universalium
distrainable — adj. may be distrained, may be taken in payment for debts (about property) … English contemporary dictionary
distrainable — dis·train·able … English syllables
distrainable — nəbəl adjective Etymology: Anglo French distreignable, from Old French destreign + able : subject to distraint; also : recoverable by distraint … Useful english dictionary
distrain — distrainable, adj. distrainee, n. distrainment, n. distrainor, distrainer, n. /di strayn /, Law. v.t. 1. to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to … Universalium
distrain — verb Etymology: Middle English distreynen, from Anglo French destreindre, from Medieval Latin distringere, from Latin, to draw apart, detain, from dis + stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to force or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
distrainer — See distrainable. * * * … Universalium
distrainor — See distrainable. * * * … Universalium
distrainment — See distrainable. * * * … Universalium
