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  • 41attach — at·tach vb [Anglo French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake] vt 1: to obtain a court order against… …

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  • 42seize — vt seized, seiz·ing 1 or seise: to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession stand seized of land 2: to take possession or custody of (property) esp. by lawful authority seize drugs as evidence …

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  • 43divest — di·vest /dī vest, də / vt [Anglo French devestir, literally, to undress, from Old French desvestir, from de(s) , prefix marking reversal + vestir to dress, from Latin vestire]: to deprive or dispossess (oneself) of property through divestiture… …

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  • 44bailiff — A person, appointed under provincial legislation, who will act or assist any other person to repossess, cease or distrain pursuant to conditions set out in various Acts (Ontario Bankruptcy Dictionary) A person who, in British Columbia, is… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 45Price — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Price >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 price price amount cost expense prime cost charge figure Sgm: N 1 demand demand damage Sgm: N 1 fare fare hire …

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  • 46strict — [16] Strict was acquired direct from strictus, the past participle of Latin stringere ‘pull tight, tighten’ (source also of English prestige, strain, and stringent). The original literal sense ‘tight’ survived into English (‘She wildly breaketh… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47strict — [16] Strict was acquired direct from strictus, the past participle of Latin stringere ‘pull tight, tighten’ (source also of English prestige, strain, and stringent). The original literal sense ‘tight’ survived into English (‘She wildly breaketh… …

    Word origins

  • 48distress — [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

  • 49distringas — də̇ˈstriŋgəs, ˌgas noun ( es) Etymology: Medieval Latin, that you distrain 2d person singular present subjunctive of distringere : a writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels …

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  • 50Наложение Ареста На Имущество — (distrain) Арест товаров в качестве обеспечения выполнения обязательства, особенно арест товаров арендатора арендодателем, если арендатор просрочил выплату арендной платы. Бизнес. Толковый словарь. М.: ИНФРА М , Издательство Весь Мир . Грэхэм… …

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