sequestration

C2 Topic:Law & Government

US /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ UK /ˌsɛkwəˈstreɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #83108

Meanings

1

noun
law: the seizure, isolation, or placing in custody of property by legal authority

The decree ordered the sequestration of the emigrant's estate.
2

noun
the act of segregating or sequestering

sequestration of the jury

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Synonyms

1 noun · law: the seizure,... legal seizureconfiscation

2 noun · the act of segregating or... segregation

Word family

Derived forms biosequestrationcryosequestrationdesequestrationgeosequestrationimmunosequestrationleukosequestrationnonsequestrationresequestration

Etymology

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).

Topics

Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives

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