What's the difference between distrainable and distraint?

Distrainable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bailiffs will go in to distrain and evict, but no bailiffs knock for the missing billions "tax-planned" away at the top.

Distraint


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The debts, distraints and threats of disqualification through bankruptcy were the climax of a decade that had begun with courage and credit.
  • (2) It abounds in such terms as wainage , amercement , socage , novel disseisin , mort d’ancestor and distraint .

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