distress property

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• distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the… …   Law dictionary

• distress — dis‧tress [dɪˈstres] noun [uncountable] LAW when someone s goods are taken with the permission of a court of law so that they can be sold to pay unpaid rent, bills etc: • The corporation had a power of absolute and immediate distress in the event …   Financial and business terms

• distress — [di stres′] vt. [ME distressen < OFr destrecier, orig., to constrain (to do something) < destrece, constraint < ML destrescia < L districtus, pp. of distringere: see DISTRAIN] 1. to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain 2. to… …   English World dictionary

• Distress (novel) — Distress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan. Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Gender roles 3 Anarchism 4 Footnotes …   Wikipedia

• distress — distressingly, adv. /di stres /, n. 1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 2. a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 3. the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as… …   Universalium

• distress — A common law right of landlord, now regulated by statute, to seize a tenant s goods and chattels in a nonjudicial proceeding to satisfy an arrears of rent. The taking of goods and chattels out of the possession of a wrong doer into the custody of …   Black's law dictionary

• distress — A common law right of landlord, now regulated by statute, to seize a tenant s goods and chattels in a nonjudicial proceeding to satisfy an arrears of rent. The taking of goods and chattels out of the possession of a wrong doer into the custody of …   Black's law dictionary

• distress infinite — A series of distresses made one after another until satisfaction for the wrong done has been made by the owner of the distrained property. A distress of this nature has no bounds with regard to its quantity and may be repeated from time to time… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Negligent infliction of emotional distress — Tort law Part of the …   Wikipedia

• reciprocal distress — A second distress taken when the first failed because the property was taken out of the jurisdiction to defeat it. 3 Bl Comm 148 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• grand distress — A writ issued in an action of quare impedit, after the defendant has defaulted, to distrain all of his property situated in the county for the purpose of forcing him to appear …   Ballentine's law dictionary