distress for rent

distress for rent
A common-law remedy for the collection of rent in arrears which permits the landlord to go upon the demised premises and seize anything he may find there as security for rent in arrears, and hold it without sale until the rental is paid. In a number of jurisdictions, distress for rent either has been expressly abolished by statute or impliedly abolished by statutes providing other remedies for the recovery of rent. In most if not all of the states in which the remedy still exists, its exercise is regulated by statute. 32 Am J1st L & T § 613.

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