What does "distraint" mean?

The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

Distraint

Common synonyms include: distress, annexation, attachment, damages, distrained property, eminent domain.

noun

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Noun

1
The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent. countable, uncountable
2
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim wordnet

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.