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distress warrant.See WARRANT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

distress sale.See SALE. [Blacks Law 8th]

distressed property.See PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

distressed goods.See GOODS. [Blacks Law 8th]

distress,n.1. The seizure of another’s property to secure the performance of a duty, such as the payment of overdue rent. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant    263–270. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 674–681, 683–696,  699–711.]  2. The  legal  remedy  authorizing  such  a  seizure; the  procedure by which the seizure is carried out. “Distress … may be defined…

distrein,vb. See DISTRAIN. [Blacks Law 8th]

distraint. See DISTRESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

distrainer.  Someone  who  seizes  property  under  a  distress.  —  Also  spelled  distrainor; distreinor. [Blacks Law 8th]

distrainee. One who is, or whose property is, distrained. [Blacks Law 8th]

distrain,vb.1.  To  force  (a  person,  usu.  a  tenant),  by  the  seizure  and  detention  of  personal property,  to  perform  an  obligation  (such  as  paying  overdue  rent).  [Cases:  Landlord  and  Tenant 270.  C.J.S. Landlord  and  Tenant  §§  681,  685–696,  701–711.]  2.  To  seize (goods)  by  distress, a legal  remedy  entitling the  rightful  owner  to  recover  property  wrongfully…