Legal Definition and Related Resources of Abuse of Distress

Where animals or chattels lawfully distrained are worked or used, the person distraining is liable to an action for conversion

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Abuse Of Distress in Historical Law

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What does Abuse of distress mean in American Law?

The definition of Abuse of distress in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Using a chattel or animal, possession of which one has acquired by distraint (or distress), instead of merely retaining possession to enforce a duty owed by the owner thereof. One who is guilty of an abuse of distress thereby commits conversion of the chattel or animal.

Meaning of Abuse of Distress

In this law dictionary, the legal term abuse of distress is a kind of the Legal History class.

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