abuse of distress

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈbjuːsəvdɪstɹɛs/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)

Noun

abuse of distress

  1. (idiomatic, historical, law) a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.