distrain
dist
dÉĒst
dist
rain
ˈreÉĒn
rein
/dÉĒstɚˈeÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "distrain"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to legally take someone’s property instead of the money they are owed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court authorized the sheriff to distrain the debtor ’s assets to satisfy the judgment.
āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻļ⧇āϰāĻŋāĻĢāϕ⧇ āĻ‹āĻŖāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϜāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

levy a distress on
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āϜāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

legally take something in place of a debt payment
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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