distraint   (TTS Sound)

The distraint has 1 Senses.

• distress, distraint
• 差し押さえ
• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
• 負債の支払いや請求への返済のための保全として財産を占有し確保すること