poind
(obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner.
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(obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner.
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(obsolete, Scotland) A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized.
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(Scotland) One who distrains property.
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A historical Scottish legal term meaning capable of being poinded — that is, subject to the legal process of poinding (seizing a debtor's goods as security for a debt). Used in formal legal and property contexts in older Scots law.
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(obsolete, Scotland) Capable of being poinded.
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(Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.