distrain
31district — [17] District started life as the past participle of the verb which gave English distrain [13] and strain. It came via French district from medieval Latin districtus; this meant literally ‘seized, compelled’, and hence was used as a noun in the… …
32district — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Medieval Latin districtus jurisdiction, district, from distringere to distrain more at distrain Date: 1611 1. a. a territorial division (as for administrative or electoral purposes) b. the… …
33Magna Carta Source — ▪ Primary Source [1215] John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justiciars, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants …
34confiscate — con·fis·cate / kän fə ˌskāt/ vt cat·ed, cat·ing: to seize without compensation as forfeited to the public treasury compare criminal forfeiture ◇ Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be… …
35garnish — gar·nish / gär nish/ vt [Anglo French garniss , stem of garnir to garnish, give legal summons, warn, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warnōn to take heed] 1: to subject (property or money) to garnishment 2: to seek… …
36impound — im·pound /im pau̇nd/ vt: to take control of in the custody of the law or by legal authority impound a vehicle the police impound ed the dwelling until the search warrant was obtained im·pound·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …
37levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… …
38sequester — se·ques·ter 1 /si kwes tər/ vt tered, ter·ing [Anglo French sequestrer, from Middle French, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise]… …
39Distringas — Lit. thou shalt distrain . The first word of a writ for a sheriff to *distrain someone …
40annex — an·nex /ə neks, a ˌneks/ vt 1: attach (2) correspondence annex ed to the petition a greenhouse annex ed to the building 2: to incorporate (as a territory) within a po …
