Look up: Distraint

1. Distraint
   The legal process which allows HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to take (the legal term is 'seize') a taxpayer's possessions and, if necessary, sell them to settle a debt owed to HMRC.
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2. Distraint
   This is used by landlords as a tool where there is unpaid rent. Where a landlord has agreed a payment plan for rent and this is not adhered to they have various options and can instruct an agent to enter the property and remove goods or assets to cover the value of the debt. This can usually be c...
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3. Distraint
   Dis·traint' noun [ Old French destrainte distress, force.] (Law) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.
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4. Distraint
   • (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
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5. distraint
   distraint The act of distraining; a distress.
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6. Distraint
   `Distraint` or `distress` is "the seizure of someone’s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", especially in common law countries. Distraint is the act or process "whereby a person (the distrainor), traditionally even without prior court approva...
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