English → Latin
“distraint” in Latin
committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begincaptiōdeception, fraud, deceit, trick; quibble; catchtaxōto feel, to touch sharply, to handle; to charge, to twit, to reproach, to censure; to rate, to appraise, to value, to escōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
distraint
commissum (the sum that the imperial “fiscus” claimed for non-payment of taxes, etc.; Vid: DISTRAIN): bonorum venditio (when the goods distrained are sold): pignoris capio or captio (Vid: Gai. 4, 28). A distraint has been levied on anybody, alicujus bona venierunt (Vid: Gai. 2, 154); aliquis necessitate juris bonorum venditionem passus est (ib.). The “publicani” possessed the right of distraint for non-payment of taxes, data est pignoris captio publicanis vectigalium publicorum populi Romani adversus eos, qui aliqua lege vectigalia deberent (Gai., ib. Though the pledge was taken as a security for payment, there must have been a power of sale, in case of non-payment; Dict., Antiqq., p. 754, a). To levy a distraint, commisso tollere aliquid: bona alicujus vendere: to order a distraint to be levied, constituere, ut liceat bona alicujus vendere (Gai. 2, 167). Vid: Dict. Antiqq., p. 165, under bonorum emptio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for distraint?
- The usual Latin words for “distraint” are committō, captiō, taxō; also cōnstituō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.