sequestration
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9.4
- noun
- /ˌsiːkwəˈstreɪʃən/
- Formal
- The court issued a sequestration order to ensure that the property remained untouched until the debt was settled.
Examples
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Taken together, these tax decisions will pay for eliminating sequestration and will contribute to the goal of a fiscally responsible and balanced approach to long-term deficit reduction.
Blog text (8) -
A classic example of sequestration is Delaware Valley Citizens' Council v. Pennsylvania.
Academic text (1992) -
The state might interfere by directing the use of property or by outright sequestration.
Academic text (1995) -
On appeal, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the district court's sequestration of Chicago's federal funds.
Academic text (1992) -
Of course, the super committee failed, and the spending cuts (known in legislative parlance as "sequestration") are now scheduled to begin.
Blog text (15) -
Muslim traders did not hesitate to place the estates of other Muslims under provisional sequestration.
Academic text (2005) -
The normal fate of works attached by creditors was sequestration, a task performed in 1868 by the color dealer Carpentier, 8 Boulevard Montmartre.
Academic text (1994) -
After the bankruptcy filing, the bank initiated a sequestration to claim the remaining assets of the debtor.
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The judge explained that sequestration was necessary to prevent the defendant from disposing of the assets in question.
Synonyms
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5.4
An authority takes someone's property as a punishment
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8.2
A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns
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9.9
The legal taking of someone's property to get money they owe
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8.8
The official taking of private property by the government, often in a crisis
To take a person's property by legal order to make them pay a debt
Antonyms
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8.0
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5.4
- Formal
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- Formal
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- Specialized
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9.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sequestration comes from the Latin sequester, originally a person who kept things 'set aside' during a dispute. That's why in law sequestration means taking and holding property until a debt or problem is solved.