"Distraint" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... surprising, that the clergy should not unite in promoting a bill in parliament, to extend the authority of the justices to grant warrants of distraint for tithes to more than the value of ten pounds, and to any amount, as this is the most cheap and expeditious way for themselves. If they apply to the ecclesiastical courts, they can enforce no ...
— A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume III (of 3) • Thomas Clarkson |
