distress
Definition
Seizure (on obtaining a court order) of the goods and/or personal property of a non-paying tenant, debtor in default, or a wrong doer, for satisfaction of claims against him or her.
distress is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
distress appears in the definitions of the following terms: distrain and botulism
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