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distraint

English

  1. 🔊 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”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 embargo distraint

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