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sequestration

noun

1 sequestration

The act of segregating or sequestering:
— Sequestration of the jury.

synonym: segregation.

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; reception etc. (taking in) 296; deglutition etc. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation; ... show more

Roget 974: penalty; retribution etc. (punishment) 972; pain, pains and penalties; weregild, wergild; peine forte et dure [Fr.]; penance etc. (atonement) 952; ... show more

2 sequestration

The action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions.

3 sequestration

A writ that authorizes the seizure of property.

4 sequestration

Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized.

synonym: requisition.

Dutch: beslaglegging, uitleveringsverzoek
Polish: sekwestr, sekwestracja, areszt


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