distrainor
(dɪˈstreɪˌnɔː(r))
[f. distrain v., after AF. destreinor (Year-bks. Edw. II).]
One who distrains or levies a distress: a more technical form than distrainer, and correlative to distrainee.
| 1767 Blackstone Comm. II. 453 If a landlord distreins goods for rent, or a parish officer for taxes, these for a time are only a pledge in the hands of the distreinors. 1875 Poste Gaius iv. §29 In all these cases the distreinor used a set form of words. 1875 Maine Hist. Inst. ix. 263 The impounded beasts, when the pound was uncovered, had to be fed by the owner and not by the distrainor. |