Meanings
adjectivedistrainable (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableCapable 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
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