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sequestrum

9.9

Property or goods that the court keeps until a case is decided

noun
/sɪˈkwɛstrəm/

Archaic

: bien secuestrado

The court ordered the sequestrum of the disputed land until the case was resolved.

Examples

The lawyer explained that the sequestrum would be returned once ownership was determined.
All goods listed as sequestrum must remain in official custody until further notice.
The court issued a sequestrum on the disputed assets.
In legal terms, a sequestrum can refer to seized property.
The court ordered the sequestrum of the disputed land until the case was resolved.
All goods listed as sequestrum must remain in official custody until further notice.
The lawyer explained that the sequestrum would be returned once ownership was determined.

Synonyms

distrainment

vssequestrum

9.9

Property taken by legal order to pay a debt

is any property held by court order rather than only to satisfy debt

Antonyms

to return

∞ 1.0

Give something back to its owner or the place it came from

to release

Formal

69 2.6

To give up a right, claim, or ownership of something

How Controlled

forfeiture

Specialized

10 8.0

sequestrum

Archaic

9.9

attachment

Formal

2 8.4

Surface Forms

sequestrum singular

sequestra plural

Etymology

Sequestrum comes from Latin for something 'set aside' and is related to the English verb sequester, which means 'to take into custody' or 'to keep apart'. So in law a sequestrum is property that a court has 'set aside' or kept until ownership is decided.