Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Liable to be distrained, or seized in satisfaction of a claim, or in order to compel the performance of some obligation.
Etymologies
distrain + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Where they have not distrainable property, which is occasionally the case, they never fly, but submit to the known punishment, and go patiently to prison.
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