Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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distractio
n. [Latin fr. distrahere "to draw apart"] Roman law. A separation or division into parts; an alienation or sale, such as a creditor's sale of a pledge.
distractio bonorum
n. [Latin "the sale of goods"] Roman law. A curator's sale of the property of an insolvent estate to satisfy creditors' claims.
distractio pignoris
n. [Latin "the sale of something pledged"] Roman law. A creditor's sale of something pledged or hypothecated to obtain satisfaction on a debt.
distraction doctrine
The rule that a plaintiff may not be guilty of contributory negligence if the plaintiffs attention was diverted from a known danger by a sufficient cause. See contributory negligence under NEGLIGENCE.