In
English law, distraint or distress is a remedy for non-payment of
rent. Distraint is the act or process "whereby a person (the distrainor), without prior court approval, seizes the personal property of another located upon the distrainor's land in satisfaction of a claim, as a pledge for performance of a duty, or in reparation of an injury." Distraint typically involves the seizure of goods (
chattels) belonging to the tenant by the landlord to sell the goods for the payment of the rent.
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PIGNORAMENTO. SEQUESTRO