distraint Copy link • distraint: nearest single word prob. vendĭtio: cf. Gai. Inst. 2, 154. Phr.: to levy a d. (as done by a publican for non-payment of dues), commisso vindicare (v. preced. art.): to order a d. to be levied, constituere ut liceat bona alicujus vendere, Gai. (in R. and A.).