Usually means: Person authorized to seize property.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word distrainor:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. distrainor: Merriam-Webster
  2. distrainor: Collins English Dictionary
  3. distrainor: Wordnik
  4. distrainor: Wiktionary
  5. distrainor: Dictionary.com
  6. Distrainor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. distrainor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Distrainor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. distrainor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. distrainor: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Distrainor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. distrainor: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Distrainor: Legal dictionary

(Note: See distrain as well.)

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▸ noun:  (obsolete, law) Someone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

Similar:
distrainee, distrainment, distracter, dissuader, disseizor, distraction, disseisor, deterrent, dissuasive, disheritor, more...

Opposite:
distraintee, debtor, borrower

Types:
sheriff, marshal, bailiff, more...

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Similar:
distrainee, distrainment, distracter, dissuader, disseizor, distraction, disseisor, deterrent, dissuasive, disheritor, more...

Opposite:
distraintee, debtor, borrower

Types:
sheriff, marshal, bailiff, more...



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