- poinding
- A distress; an attachment of goods.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
poinding
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poinding — (pronounced pinding ) in the Scots law of diligence or legal enforcement, after a charge has expired without payment, sheriff officers or messengers at arms will attend the debtor s premises and make up a schedule listing goods and valuing them… … Law dictionary
Poinding — NOTOC DefinitionPoinding (Scots law) : that diligence whereby a debtor s property is carried directly to a creditor. There are two types: * Personal The taking of movable property (eg, wagons, livestock; but not property such as a house because… … Wikipedia
poinding of the ground — (pronounced pinding ) in the Scots law of diligence or legal enforcement, a procedure for attaching moveable property. It can be exercised only by a creditor holding a heritable security. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
poinding — n. seizure, repossession, foreclosure (Scottish) v. repossess, seize, foreclose (Scottish) … English contemporary dictionary
poinding — noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English punding, gerund of punden to poind Scots law : a process by which a creditor seizes movable property so as to become vested with its title and the right of sale or appropriation in satisfaction of a debt * * *… … Useful english dictionary
schedule of poinding — See poinding. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
multiple poinding — (pronounced multiple pinding) a procedure in Scots law whereby all parties who may be claiming an interest in a given fund, called the fund in medio, can be convened together so that all pleas may be argued in the one process. Collins dictionary… … Law dictionary
action for poinding — /aekshan for pindit)/ An action by a creditor to obtain a sequestration of the rents of land and the goods of his debtor for the satisfaction of his debt, or to enforce a distress … Black's law dictionary
action for poinding — /aekshan for pindit)/ An action by a creditor to obtain a sequestration of the rents of land and the goods of his debtor for the satisfaction of his debt, or to enforce a distress … Black's law dictionary
multiple poinding — Double distress,–a Scotch proceeding akin to the modern interpleader, whereby a person in possession of money or goods may have the same distributed to the various claimants who are entitled thereto … Ballentine's law dictionary
