poinder
(Scotland) One who distrains property.
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(Scotland) One who distrains property.
The poinder no doubt is preferable at common law, because the assignment not being completed by intimation, the debtor continues still proprietor
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(Scotland) The keeper of a cattle pound; a pinder.
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