1) A legal term referring generally to the act of valuable property being taken into custody by an agent of the court and locked away for safekeeping, usually to prevent the property from being disposed of or abused before a dispute over its ownership can be resolved.
2) The taking of someone's property, voluntarily (by deposit) or involuntarily (by seizure), by court officers or into the possession of a third party, awaiting the outcome of a trial in which ownership of that property is at issue.
(Source: DUC / EMBMO)
The act of segregating or sequestering.
the act of segregating or sequestering
seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury"
a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
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
