1. The legal seizure of property to enforce payment of a debt or to satisfy a court judgment.
Usage: Scottish and British legal term; Also called distress in other jurisdictions

1. To seize property legally as security for or in satisfaction of a debt.
Usage: Scottish and British legal term; Third-person singular: poinds; past tense: poinded

Examples

• The landlord threatened poinding of the tenant's belongings if rent was not paid.
• The court ordered the poinding of the debtor's assets to settle the claim.
• The sheriff will pounding the property next week if the debt remains unpaid.
• Poinding was a common remedy in Scottish law for enforcing debt collection.
• The creditor sought poinding as a means to recover the outstanding amount.