Noun:

கைப்பற்றுகைக்,

distraint's Usage Examples:

At one assembly there about a century before Christ, a uniform law of distraint for the whole of Ireland was adopted on the motion of Sen, son of Aige.

"1 In several of the writs for distraint of knighthood from Henry III.

If he failed to pay his rent, however excessive, his property was rendered liable to distraint and his person to imprisonment.

failure to pay them did not lead to confiscation, but they were collected by suit and distraint like any debt.

The refusal to pay tithes and other ecclesiastical demands led to continuous and heavy distraints, under the various laws made in that behalf.

For this amount the guilty person, and in his default his kindred, became legally debtor, and the injured person or family became entitled to recover the amount like a civil debt by distraint, if not paid voluntarily.

An unwarranted seizure for debt was fined, as was the distraint of a working ox.

3 This rule, however, had often been broken before; even the romances of chivalry speak not infrequently of the knighting of serfs or jongleurs; 4 and other causes besides distraint of knighthood tended to level the old distinctions.

1 In several of the writs for distraint of knighthood from Henry III.

Synonyms:

distress, seizure,

Antonyms:

pleasure,