Distringas

/. (That you distrain.) 1. A sheriff of the county to distrain a defendant's enforce his appearance.

2.

A writ to enforce plaintiff in detinue by repeated distresses.

3.

K. B. commanding the sheriff to bring in jurors who did not appear, or distrain their 4. A process in equity against a body corporate the summons of the court.

5.

An order of cery in favor of a party claiming to be England stock, directing the bank not to dends. Distringas nuper vice comitem the late sheriff): a writ to distrain the gavelkind. on presentation. injury by inequality, possession of a freeof an injury or by him of some enforce the payment for damage done by: a distress unlimfrom time to time property of an intesthe Statutes of c. 10, and the 29; the thing diswrit directing the goods, in order to a judgment for the An old writ of the the bodies of those lands and goods. refusing to obey the Court of Chaninterested" in Bank of transfer or pay divi- (that you distrain of sheriff now