dis·train /di-'strān/ vb [Anglo-French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis - apart + stringere to draw tight]
vt
1: to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress
2: to seize by distress compare enter
vi: to levy a distress
dis·train·able adj
dis·train·er /-'strā-nər/ or dis·train·or /di-'strā-nər, ˌdis-trā-'nōr/ n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.