Distrahere

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), 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

To withdraw; to sell. Distrahere controversias, to diminish and settle quarrels; distrahere matrimoniam, to dissolve marriage; to divorce. Calv. Lex.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To withdraw; to sell at auction.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To withdraw; to sell. Oistrahere controversias, to diminish and settle quarrels; distrahere matrimoniam, to dissolve marriage; to divorce. Calvinus, Lex.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To sell; to draw apart; to dissolve a contract; to divorce. Cal vim

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In the civil law. To sell, particularly at auction; to separate, to dissolve, to draw apart. Distraliere pignas: to sell a pledge in payment of a debt

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Tosell; todraw apart; to dissolve a contract; to divorce. Calvin.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

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.