sequestration

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Word: Sequestration

Part of Speech: Noun

Basic Definition:Sequestration generally means the act of taking something away or separating it. It can refer to holding onto someone else's property until a debt is paid or keeping a group of people apart.

Usage Instructions:

You can use "sequestration" in contexts related to law, science, or social situations. It often refers to legal actions but can also relate to chemistry or social policies.

Example Sentences:

1. Legal Context: "The bank ordered the sequestration of the house because the owner had not paid their mortgage."
2. Scientific Context: "In chemistry, sequestration can refer to forming a compound with a metal ion so it does not react with other substances."
3. Social Context: "The sequestration of the jury ensures that they are not influenced by outside opinions during a trial."

Advanced Usage:

In legal terms, "sequestration" can involve a court order that allows for the seizure of property. In chemistry, it refers to a process where certain ions or molecules are isolated, making them inactive in reactions.

Word Variants:

• Sequester (verb): To take possession of property or to isolate something.
• Sequestered (adjective): Describes something that has been isolated or taken away.

Different Meanings:

1. Legal: Refers to the seizure of property.
2. Chemical: Refers to the process of isolating a chemical species.
3. Social: Refers to the act of isolating a group (e.g., jurors).

Synonyms:

• For Legal Context: Confiscation, impoundment, attachment.
• For Chemical Context: Isolation, chelation.
• For Social Context: Segregation, isolation.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

While "sequestration" itself doesn’t have widely recognized idioms or phrasal verbs, you might encounter phrases related to its meanings. For example: - "Sequester oneself" could mean to isolate oneself for reflection or rest. - "Sequestered from the world" means to be removed from social interactions or influences.

Academic

Noun

1. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
2. a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
3. 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
4. the act of segregating or sequestering
   • sequestration of the jury

Synonyms

• requisition
• segregation