1 gen 1642 anni - distrain

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To seize the chattels of a person in order to settle a debt or an unpaid fine. c.1540 <i>att the entry to his land Battersbye ... dyd distrean in Slaghtwait as in his wiff’s right</i>, Woodsome (KayeCP); 1592 ‘If the rent be in arrears <i>it shalbe lawful for Roger Greene ... into anye or every parte ... to enter and distreyne</i>’, Meltham (G-A); 1642 <i>Wheare men are not able to pay theire rates, the Collectors have full power to distreine</i>, Elmswell (DW93). Occasionally abbreviated 1577 <i>2 coverlets streyned ... wrought contrary to the statute</i>, Beverley (YRS84/30). See abbreviation, distress.

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