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Webster 1913 Edition


Distringas


Dis-trin′gas

,
Noun.
[L., that you distrain, fr.
distringere
. See
Distrain
.]
(Law)
A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Webster 1828 Edition


Distringas

DISTRINGAS

,
Noun.
In law, a writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person for debt, or for his appearance at a certain day.

Definition 2024


distringas

distringas

English

Noun

distringas (plural distringases)

  1. (law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.


Latin

Verb

distringās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of distringō