text: earnings as appropriate). 3. Confisça:te, confiscation See 7. 4. Distrain, d.igtraint, distress Extrajudicial (summary) seizure and sale by a money creditor of goods belonging to the debtor for the purpose of recovering the debt. Examples in England (common law and statutory distress) and elsewhere are seizure and sale by a landlord of a tenant's goods for arrears of rent; by a local authority of a ratepayer's goods for arrears of rates; by the income tax authorities of a taxpayer's goods for arrears of tax; by a landowner of cattle belonging to another person which are damaging the landowner's property; by a hotel-keeper of a guest's luggage for non-pasonent of the guest's bill. 4/ For the practice in England see Langan 233-234, 252-255, 264-266. - 1150 - The term is also used in England for the judicial seizure and sale by order of a magistrates' court of goods belonging to a person who has failed to pay a fine or other sum ordered by the court to be paid. 2i.S-tre.&& means both the act of seizing and the property seized; distraint means only the former. Distress also has a verbal use: The distressed goods. Note the expressions to distrain for rent, to distrain on or upon a person or thing, less commonly tp distrain a thing, e.g. to distrain cattle. A synonym is to levy distress on or upon a person or thing. 5. Embargo (verb and noun) Detention by a government of ships or exports belonging to foreign nationals; restriction by an administrative authority on the sale or movement of things. The verbal expressions lay or put or place an embargo on are more usual than the verb embargo. 6. Garnish, garnishment Synonyms of attach, attachment in the narrow sense described above. 7. Impound, impounding, impoundment 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing legal and financial concepts related to the seizure and sale of goods to recover debts or fines. The examples provided involve various authorities and institutions, such as landlords, local authorities, and government agencies, which suggests a connection to government or regulatory bodies. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a focus on legal and financial contexts.