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Seizure; the act of distraining or making a distress. … [Read more...] about DISTRAINT

A territory situated on the Potomac river, and being the seat of government of the United States. It was originally ten miles square, and was composed of portions of Maryland and Virginia ceded by those states to the United States; but in 1846 the tract coming from Virginia was retroceded. Legally it is neither a state nor a territory, but is made subject, by the constitution, … [Read more...] about DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

remedies. A distress is defined to be, the taking of a personal chattel, without legal process, from the possession of the wrong doer, into the hands of the party grieved, as a pledge for the redress of an injury, the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand. It is a general rule, that a man who has an entire duty, shall not split the entire sum and distrain for … [Read more...] about DISTRESS

To dispossess; to deprive. … [Read more...] about DISSEISE

A bond given to obtain the dissolution of a legal writ or process, particularly an attachment or an injunction, and conditioned to indemnify the opposite party or to abide the judgment to be given. See Sanger v. Hibbard, 2 Ind. T. 547, 53 S. W. 330. … [Read more...] about DISSOLVING BOND