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noun
A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English, from Old English wiþernām (“seizure”, literally “a take-back”), from Old Norse viðrnam, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + nim. More at wither, nim.
