Distraint - Wikipedia Distraint is the act or process "whereby a person (the distrainor), traditionally even without prior court approval, seizes the personal property of another located upon the distrainor's land in satisfaction of a claim, as a pledge for performance of a duty, or in reparation of an injury "
distrainor - definition and meaning - Wordnik noun law One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word distrainor distrainor: See <internalXref urlencoded="distrainer">distrainer< internalXref>