The person whose property is seized or threatened with seizure under a distrain action; the person against whom distrain is used.
From distrain plus the suffix -ee (one who receives the action), parallel to words like 'employee' (one who is employed).
A distrainee is the unfortunate person on the receiving end of a legal seizure—the term reveals how law creates linguistic pairs to describe who does what to whom.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.