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A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

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  1. n. A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
  2. A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
  3. A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goodsor chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
  4. n. A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.