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destringere

destringere [CL = to strip off] 1 (leg.) to distrain, compel by distraint (w. pers. obj.); b (w. ad); c (w. inf.). V. et. 2 distringere 5. 1253 comes ‥ vicecomites ~ere possit per terras RGasc I 277.  b non possunt [domini] ad id [sc. werram suam manutenendam] tenentes ~ere de jure Glanv. IX 8; 1264 homines ‥ ad obsidionem ‥ faciendam nullatenus ~as vel eis super hoc molestiam inferas Cl 80.  c a1210 si ille qui [thelonum de burgensi K.] ceperit reddere ‥ contradixerit, per namia ejusdem loci unde ipse est, si inventa fuerint apud K., reddere ~atur (Kilkenny) BBC 196. 2 to distrain (property). V. et. 2 distringere 6a. c1215 se nobis ‥ obligavit quod nunquam pro re aliqua predictans eleemosynam ~eret Meaux I 367; BNB II 229 (v. 2 distringere 6a); concedimus quod ballivi ‥ ~ant ‥ tenementa pro predicto redditu Cust. Battle 25; 1363 pro quibus [denariis] ~ere poterunt ‥ super terris de dote primaria ipsius cantarie Lit. Cant. III 63.

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