Translation of Distrainment into russian. Definitions, Examples.

Translation of "distrainment" into Russian

Noun

distrainment

distrainments pl

арест имущества

The landlord initiated a distrainment against the tenant for unpaid rent.

Арендодатель инициировал арест имущества арендатора за неуплату аренды.

Noun

The act of seizing someone's property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed.

The landlord initiated a distrainment to recover the unpaid rent from the tenant.

(Law) The legal seizure of a person’s goods to compel payment or performance of an obligation, especially payment of rent; distraint.

Under medieval common law, distrainment was routinely employed to force tenants to satisfy their debts.