English Explanatory Dictionary

distringas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Word forms

distringas distringases

Etymology

Latin, that you distrain, from distringere. See distrain.

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