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poind [pɪnd]

vb (tr) Scots law

1. (Law) to take (property of a debtor) in execution or by way of distress; distrain

2. (Law) to impound (stray cattle, etc.)

[from Scots, variant of Old English pyndan to impound]

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Law Poinder Poynd			In 1994, he was jailed for two and a half days for his role in trying to prevent a poinding. SHERIDAN OUITS AS LEADER OF SSP; He denies sex scandal by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) If he does not pay within 14 days you can then instruct a poinding and a warrant sale or consider an arrestment on his bank account. The Judge: VERDICTS - Pal won't pay his phone bill by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) This is because it removes the separate stage of poinding from the system, in favour of an all-in-one attachment and removal of goods procedure. SSP leader slams 'backward' bill on poverty by The Mirror (London, England)			Pohnpei pohutukawa poi poi dance Poicile poignance poignancy poignant poignantly Poikilitic poikilocyte poikilotherm Poikilothermal poikilothermic poikilothermism Poikilothermous poikilothermy poilu Poincaré poinciana Poinciana gilliesii Poinciana pulcherrima Poinciana regia poind Poinder poinding poinephobia poinsettia poinsettia strain point point after point after touchdown Point alphabet Point applique point attractor point bar point d'appui Point de Galle point defect point defense point designation grid point duty point estimate point group point guard point in time point jam point lace point man point mutation Point net			Poincare's Conjecture Poincaré's equation Poincare's recurrence theorem Poincaré's recurrence theorem Poincare's theorem Poincaré's theorem Poincaré, Henri Poincare, Jules Henri Poincaré, Jules Henri Poincare, Raymond Poincaré, Raymond Poincaré-Birkhoff fixed-point theorem Poincaritis poinciana poinciana Poinciana Civic Organization Poinciana gilliesii Poinciana pulcherrima Poinciana regia poincianas poincianas Poind Poind poinded Poinder Poindexter, George Poindexter, Miles poinding poinds Poinephobia Poing Poing Poinsett County Poinsett County, AR Poinsett County, Arkansas Poinsett State Park Poinsett, Joel Roberts Poinsetta Poinsetta Poinsetta poinsettia poinsettia poinsettia Poinsettia mosaic virus Poinsettia pulcherrima Poinsettia pulcherrima Poinsettia pulcherrima poinsettia strain poinsettias poinsettias poinsettias Poinsot Poinsot ellipsoid Poinsot motion Poinsot's central axis Poinsot's method Poinsot's spiral Poinsot's spirals

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