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distraints

distraints is the plural of distraint.

Meaning of distraint

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.

Questions about distraints

What is distraints the plural of?
Distraints is the plural of distraint.

Words near distraints in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distraints (page history and authors); distraint (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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