1. Capable of being seized or distrained; subject to distraint (the legal seizure of property to obtain payment of a debt or to enforce compliance).
Usage: Legal/formal term; Chiefly British

Examples

• The landlord identified all distrainable goods on the tenant's property.
• Certain assets are not distrainable under bankruptcy law.
• The court ruled that the equipment was distrainable to satisfy the judgment.
• Personal effects may be distrainable if they exceed a certain value.
• The creditor sought to recover the debt by seizing distrainable property.