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==Origin==
==Origin==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''districtia'', from Latin ''districtus'', past participle of ''distringere'' or Distrain meaning to press, compress, grasp tightly, squeeze.
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''districtia'', from Latin ''districtus'', past participle of ''distringere'' or Distrain meaning to press, compress, grasp tightly, squeeze.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1a : seizure and detention of the [[goods]] of another as pledge or to obtain [[satisfaction]] of a claim by the sale of the goods seized
*1a : seizure and detention of the [[goods]] of another as pledge or to obtain [[satisfaction]] of a claim by the sale of the goods seized
