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poind

(pɪnd)
vb (tr)
1. (Law) to take (property of a debtor) in execution or by way of distress; distrain
2. (Law) to impound (stray cattle, etc)
[C15: from Scots, variant of Old English pyndan to impound]
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poind


Past participle: poinded
Gerund: poinding

Imperative
poind
poind
Present
I poind
you poind
he/she/it poinds
we poind
you poind
they poind
Preterite
I poinded
you poinded
he/she/it poinded
we poinded
you poinded
they poinded
Present Continuous
I am poinding
you are poinding
he/she/it is poinding
we are poinding
you are poinding
they are poinding
Present Perfect
I have poinded
you have poinded
he/she/it has poinded
we have poinded
you have poinded
they have poinded
Past Continuous
I was poinding
you were poinding
he/she/it was poinding
we were poinding
you were poinding
they were poinding
Past Perfect
I had poinded
you had poinded
he/she/it had poinded
we had poinded
you had poinded
they had poinded
Future
I will poind
you will poind
he/she/it will poind
we will poind
you will poind
they will poind
Future Perfect
I will have poinded
you will have poinded
he/she/it will have poinded
we will have poinded
you will have poinded
they will have poinded
Future Continuous
I will be poinding
you will be poinding
he/she/it will be poinding
we will be poinding
you will be poinding
they will be poinding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been poinding
you have been poinding
he/she/it has been poinding
we have been poinding
you have been poinding
they have been poinding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been poinding
you will have been poinding
he/she/it will have been poinding
we will have been poinding
you will have been poinding
they will have been poinding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been poinding
you had been poinding
he/she/it had been poinding
we had been poinding
you had been poinding
they had been poinding
Conditional
I would poind
you would poind
he/she/it would poind
we would poind
you would poind
they would poind
Past Conditional
I would have poinded
you would have poinded
he/she/it would have poinded
we would have poinded
you would have poinded
they would have poinded
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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.
Flying from one poinding to another, Tommy Sheridan galvanised whole communities to block the hated tax and refuse sheriff officers access to carry out warrant sales.
This was aimed at ending the seizure, impounding (or poinding) and sale of possessions by sheriff officers.
Then, if payment is not made, a poinding can take place, with a view to a warrant sale being carried out.
was that The first step was a "poinding", a legal v a lu a t ion and assessment of goods fit for sale.
A legal source said: "The sheriff's officers carried out a poinding of the stock, everything from lubricants to bondage sets, to be sold in a warrant sale in the event that the amount is not paid."
If he does not pay within 14 days, you can then instruct a poinding, or attachment of his household goods, and a warrant sale, or consider an arrestment on his bank account.
Fourteen days after the charge is served, you can instruct sheriff officers to carry out a poinding and then a warrant sale.
In 1994, he was jailed for two and a half days for his role in trying to prevent a poinding. And in December 2000, he served five days out of a 14day sentence after an anti-nuclear protest at Faslane.
In 1994, he spent two and a half days at the jail for trying to prevent a poinding.
YOU will have to take court action by way of a poinding and warrant sale.
Broom claims that the motor goods spotted during a poinding action at her home in Royal Deeside were exempt from seizure.