Landlord’s Warrant
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A warrant of distress. A written authority from a landlord to a constable or bailiff authorizing him to make a distress upon the tenant’s goods and chattels In order to force the payment of rent or some covenant in a lease. See Distress; Landlord & Tenant. on government lands, to be national monuments; Act of June, 8, 1906. See Antiquities.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A distress warrant; a warrant from a landlord to levy upon the tenant’s goods and chattels, and seil the same at public sale, to compel payment of the rent or the observance of some other stipulation in the lease.