Distractio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. The sale of a pledge by a debtor; the appropriation of the property of a ward by a guardian. Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In the civll law. A separation or division into parts; also an alienation or sale. Sometimes applied to the act of a guardian in appropriating the property of his ward.
— Distractio honorum. The sale at retail of the property of an insolvent estate, under the management of a curator appointed in the interest of the creditors, and for the purpose of realizing as much as possible for the satisfaction of their claim. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 524.
— Distractio pignoris. The sale of a thing pledged or hypothecated, by the creditor or pledgee, to obtain satisfaction of his claim on the debtor's failure to pay or redeem. Idem. § 348.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
1.
In the civil law. The sale of a pledge by a creditor. V. Distrahere.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. The sale of a pledge by a debtor. The appropriation of the property of a ward by a guardian. Calvin.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from dutrahere, q. Y.] In the civil law. The sale of a pledge by a creditor. Inst. 2. 8. 1. See Disir<ihere,