verb
- past tense and past participle of poind; to seize property or goods as security for a debt or legal claim (chiefly Scottish and legal usage).
Usage: Scottish law; legal/formal; archaic in general English
Examples
- The landlord poinded the tenant's furniture for unpaid rent.
- His goods were poinded under the court order.
- The creditor poinded the debtor's livestock to recover the debt.
- After the judgment, the sheriff poinded the property.
- They poinded his assets in accordance with Scottish law.