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distringas
/ dɪsˈtrɪŋɡæs /
noun
- law (formerly) a writ directing a sheriff to distrain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distringas1
from Latin: you shall distrain (the opening word of the writ)
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Example Sentences
After several months' delay, during which the bank officials ignored a summons to appear in court, a distringas was secured.
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Perhaps the best plan would be to put on a distringas with the deceased's grocer.
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A corporation, however, is proceeded against by distringas and not by attachment.
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Distringas, dis-tring′gas, n. an old writ directing a sheriff or other officer to distrain.
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