Distress Infinite

English Law: Distress Infinite in the Past

A process commanding the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia) to distrain a person from time to time and continually afterwards, by taking his goods by way of pledge, to enforce the performance of something due from the party distrained upon. In this case, no distress can be immoderate, because, whatever its value may be, it cannot be sold, but is to be immediately restored on satisfaction being made. 3 Bl. Com. 231. See Distringas. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about distress infinite is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including distress infinite.

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