distraint

Noun
  1. The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim (synset 100086649)
    "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
    is a type of: seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process
    same as: distress

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