distrainable

adj

distrainable

adj

Etymology From distrain + -able.

1

Archaic Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

  • whatever goods and chattels the landlord finds upon tne premises , whether they in fact belong to the tenant or a stranger , are distrainable by him for rent1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

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