noun
- Plural of distrainer; persons or officials who seize property or goods as security for payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The distrainers arrived at the property to collect unpaid taxes.
- Under common law, distrainers had the authority to take possession of livestock for debt recovery.
- The landlord hired distrainers to seize the tenant's belongings for non-payment of rent.
- Medieval distrainers enforced feudal obligations by confiscating goods.
- The court appointed distrainers to recover the creditor's losses.