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distraint

distraint noun: the legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

Noun

distraint (countable and uncountable, plural distraints)

  1. The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

distraint meaning in Tamil

distraint in Tamil

கைப் பற்றுதல், கைப்பற்றுகை, பறிமுதல்

Forms of distraint

pluraldistraints

Origin of distraint

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.

Questions about distraint

What does distraint mean?
Distraint means the legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
What is distraint in Tamil?
Distraint in Tamil is கைப் பற்றுதல், கைப்பற்றுகை, பறிமுதல். See Distraint meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is distraint?
Distraint is a noun.
What is the plural of distraint?
The plural of distraint is distraints.

Words near distraint in the dictionary

  1. distrainment
  2. distrainments
  3. distrainor
  4. distrainors
  5. distrains
  6. distraint
  7. distraints
  8. distrait
  9. distraite
  10. distranslate
  11. distranslated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distraint (page history and authors); distraint (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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