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distrainable en · ADJ

Etymology

From distrain + -able.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) 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 rent 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC: