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seizure of property to obtain payments
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distraint

Summary

distraint ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • distraint is a type of law[2].
  • distraint is a type of legal process[3].
  • distraint's Commons category is recorded as Distraint[4].
  • distraint's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distraint[5].
  • distraint's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • distraint's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • distraint's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[8].
  • distraint's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include law[2] and legal process[3].

Why It Matters

distraint ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[1] distraint has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] distraint is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

law

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Distraint
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia +1
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14771, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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