The courts have accepted that goods may be validly distrained in this way. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
We have been obliged to distrain, as you know; and I wish John Smithies to buy in what he pleases. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
Many stoutly refused to pay; and the constables whose duty it was to distrain in such cases manifested great reluctance to proceed to extremities. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
If a landlord distrain for rent, he can find no bidders for the crops or cattle; how much more difficult will it be for him to obtain bidders for land?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Feasts equally as above said or else to distrain on the Ground if she be not paid after fourteen days at Lindly as the other some is out of the said Land Item I give to my Servant. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
They threatened to his parents to distrain property. From Wordnik.com. [Хартия'97 :: Новости из Беларуси - Белорусские новости - Республика Беларусь - Минск] Reference
But you can't distrain on trout -- dear slithery things. From Wordnik.com. [Delia Blanchflower] Reference
Received a writ from the Exchequer this morning of distrain for. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Constables were ordered not to distrain until after April 30th. From Wordnik.com. [Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay [excerpts]] Reference
Nor could we with any propriety distrain on one of a poor woman's legs!. From Wordnik.com. [A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell] Reference
The landlord may distrain on any part of the premises where he pleases. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)] Reference
May distrain property of the persons to whom the fees are charged. From Wordnik.com. [The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Commencing with the First Session of the First Congress; 1862. Public Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the First Congress; 1862. Private Laws of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the First Session of the First Congress; 1862] Reference
If thefn»7 distrain on other lands of the tenant under sequestra - tion. From Wordnik.com. [Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]] Reference
A shrug of the shoulders from Meadows had caused the landlord to distrain. From Wordnik.com. [It Is Never Too Late to Mend] Reference
Collector may distrain and sell property about to be moved without payment of tax. From Wordnik.com. [Tax and assessment acts, and amendments : the tax act of 24th April 1863, as amended,] Reference
He describes the interior of a cottage like a person sent there to distrain for rent. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution] Reference
Whether a grantee of a fee-farm rent may distrain for the same upon lands under sequestration. From Wordnik.com. [Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]] Reference
As no one but Rutilius interposed his veto the censors sent men to distrain his goods and imposed a fine. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Vol. VI] Reference
No one shall distrain a debtor without a judge, nor any one who is not his debtor, or the surety for such debtor. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes] Reference
Treasurer — when to receive taxes — when penalty attaches — to call on each tax payer — when he may distrain. From Wordnik.com. [The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia] Reference
The officer usually refused to do this and proceeded to distrain on some property, taking a fee of 2s. 8d. for the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771)] Reference
Received a writ from the Exchequer this morning of distrain for L70,000, which troubled me, though it be but, matter of form. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1667]
"Business, ma'am, is business; and if I did distrain on Thomson, and lock up Wilkins, I think you knew about it as much as I.". From Wordnik.com. [Catherine: a Story] Reference
Canterbury and York for the time being, as is fitting, shall compel and distrain them to make that denunciation in form aforesaid. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins] Reference
He said, just now, before he went out, he should send word to Cox to distrain, if Fowler didn't come and pay up his arrears this week. From Wordnik.com. [Silas Marner] Reference
I making no answer, he went on and said: "Well, well! but if you have no money, you have a good horse under you, and we can distrain him for the charge.". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself] Reference
It was illegal for a money-lender to distrain on a man’s shop and tools. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
The Exchequer this morning of distrain for 70,000l., which troubled me, though it be but, matter of form. From Wordnik.com. [Pepys' Diary] Reference
When the mayor ordered the sheriffs to distrain they refused on the plea that it was the mayor’s business, not theirs. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
27, 28 authorized to distrain in certain cases. From Wordnik.com. [Tax and assessment acts, and amendments : the tax act of 24th April 1863, as amended,] Reference
Form of Collkctor's Warrant to distrain or COMMIT UNDER SECTION 32. commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS. From Wordnik.com. [Acts and resolves passed by the General Court] Reference
"No collector dare send an official to distrain; none that are sent dare fulfill their mission." -- ". From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 1] Reference
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