Definition

1. Noun:
   • Legal seizure of property: The act of taking and holding property belonging to another, typically by legal authority, until a debt or claim is satisfied.
   • A legal writ: A court order that authorizes such a seizure of property.
   • Chemical isolation: The process by which an ion, atom, or molecule is bound into a stable compound (like a chelate), rendering it inactive or unavailable for further reaction.
   • General isolation or segregation: The act of setting apart, separating, or withdrawing someone or something from general access or circulation.
   • Jury isolation: The specific act of isolating a jury from outside influences during a trial.

Usage Examples

• Legal seizure:
  • The court ordered the sequestration of the debtor's assets.
• Chemical isolation:
  • Carbon sequestration in soil helps mitigate climate change.
• General segregation:
  • The sequestration of political dissidents was a common practice.
• Jury isolation:
  • The judge declared a sequestration of the jury for the high-profile case.

Advanced Usage

• "Involuntary sequestration": A legal process where property is seized without the owner's consent to satisfy a debt or court order.
  • The company faced involuntary sequestration of its funds.
• "Carbon sequestration": A specific environmental science term for capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
  • Forests are vital for natural carbon sequestration.

Variants and Related Words

• Sequester (verb): To isolate, hide away, or legally seize.
  • The judge decided to sequester the jury.
• Sequestered (adjective): Isolated, hidden, or secluded.
  • They lived in a sequestered valley.

Synonyms

• Confiscation: The act of taking property with authority.
• Isolation: The process of setting apart from others.
• Impoundment: The act of seizing and taking legal custody of something.
• Withdrawal: The act of removing or taking away.

Related Phrases

• "Sequestration of assets": The specific legal act of seizing property.
  • The lawsuit led to the sequestration of the defendant's assets.
• "Jury sequestration": The specific legal procedure of isolating a jury.
  • Jury sequestration is rare but used in highly sensitive trials.

Related Idioms

• "To live in sequestration": To live in seclusion or isolation from society.
  • After the scandal, the author chose to live in sequestration.

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