Distrahere
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from rfw, apart, and trahere, to draw.] In the ci^ law. To sell, particularly at auction. Calvin Lex, Jut, Distrahere pigntis; to sell a pledge in payment of a debt. Id. Hei-. necc. El. Jur. Civ. lib.
2, tit. 8, § 467. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 384, § 349.
To draw apart, or separate; to dissolve, as an obligation or contract. Calv. Lex.