distraint

• مصطلح قانوني يعني الحجز على مال المدين أو استيلاء السلطة عليه لاستيفاء دين مستحق، كبدل الإيجار أو غيره من المبالغ الواجبة.

A legal term referring to the seizure of someone's property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed.

غير معدود

1. Seizure of propertyC2formalbritishlegal

   The legal act of seizing someone's property to force payment of a debt or obligation.

   الحجز على المال

   • The landlord obtained a court order for distraint after the tenant failed to pay rent.
   • Distraint was levied on the company's assets to recover the unpaid taxes.
   • The bailiff carried out the distraint of goods from the debtor's home.

   المرادفاتattachmentconfiscationdistressimpoundmentlevyseizure