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distrainable

distrainable adjective: capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

Adjective

distrainable (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
    • whatever goods and chattels the landlord finds upon tne premises , whether they in fact belong to the tenant or a stranger , are distrainable by him for rent1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Origin of distrainable

From distrain + -able.

Questions about distrainable

What does distrainable mean?
Distrainable means capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
What part of speech is distrainable?
Distrainable is an adjective.

Words near distrainable in the dictionary

  1. distractors
  2. distracts
  3. distrail
  4. distrails
  5. distrain
  6. distrainable
  7. distrained
  8. distrainee
  9. distrainees
  10. distrainer
  11. distrainers

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