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sequestering
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sequester
v.
segregate, separate, set apart; seclude, withdraw; temporarily seize property until the settlement of a legal claim (Law); seize enemy property (International Law)
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Sequestration
Sequestration or sequester may refer to:
Law and government
- Sequestration (law), the seizure of property for creditors or the state
- Jury sequestration, the isolation of a jury
- Bankruptcy, in Scottish law
- Budget sequestration, U.S. legal procedure in which automatic spending cuts are triggered
- Budget sequestration in 2013, automatic spending cuts to the U.S. federal budget beginning in 2013
- A euphemism for asset forfeiture by the state
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sequester
Verb
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
(hypernym) take
(verb-group) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
(synonym) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(derivation) sequestration, requisition
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) sequestration
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
(synonym) seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
(hypernym) isolate, insulate
(verb-group) adjourn, withdraw, retire
(derivation) segregation, sequestration
5. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
(synonym) sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
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Sequestering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sequester
of Sequester
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SEQUESTERING
SEQUESTRANDO. CONFISCANDO. APPARTANDO. ISOLANDO. SEGREGANDO
