distrainer
(dɪˈstreɪnə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who distrains; = distrainor.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr. s.v. Distresse, The effect..is, to driue the party distreined to replevie the distresse, and so to take his action of trespasse against the distreiner. 1736 in Jacob Law Dict. (ed. 3). 1863 Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. xiv. 363 Thou mightst have become a distrainer for rent, or a surcharger of taxes. 1880 Muirhead Gaius Digest 535 The distrainer had to use certain words of style. 1893 Law Times XCIV. 600/2 A sheriff's officer may break open outhouses, though a distrainer may not. |