CATALLIS CAPTIS NOMINE DISTRICTIONIS

By SovConn | April 6, 2014

catallis captis nomine districtionis (k<<schwa>>-tal-is kap-tis nahm-<<schwa>>-nee
di-strik-shee-oh-nis). [Latin “chattels taken in name of distress”] Hist. A writ permitting a
landlord who is owed rent to distrain (i.e., seize) the doors, windows, and gates of the tenant’s
house.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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