Meanings
noundistrainor (plural distrainors)
plural distrainors
- obsoletelawSomeone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
the distrainor happens to come again into possession of his own property in goods which before he had lost
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLCSynonyms: distrainer, bailiff, repo man
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
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Hungarian végrehajtó, zálogba vevő
- végrehajtóone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels
- zálogba vevőone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels
Polish wierzyciel dokonujący zajęcia, wierzycielka dokonująca zajęcia
- wierzyciel dokonujący zajęciaone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels
- wierzycielka dokonująca zajęciaone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels
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