SEQUESTRATION
\sˌiːkwɪstɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌiːkwɪstɹˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌiː_k_w_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SEQUESTRATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
By Princeton University
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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
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a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of seizing as security; especially, the seizing of property for the benefit of creditors; seclusion.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of sequestering, esp. the seizure of any one's property for the use of the state during dispute, or for the benefit of creditors: state of being separated: seclusion from society.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The formation of a sequestrum.
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Seclusion of lunatics or of persons affected with contagious or infectious disease. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. State of being .set aside; separation ; retirement;-disunion ; dis- j unction;—the act of taking a thing from the parties contending for it and intrusting it to a neutral party; —in chancery law, alienation of the disputed property from both parties in the suit till the right be legally determined, called voluntary when made by consent " X of parties, and necessary when made by order of the court;—in Scot’s law, legal process by which an insolvent to avoid bankruptcy, transfers all his property to trusteed acting on behoof of the creditors;—the act of seizing the property or estate of a criminal, traitor, &c, for the use of the state.
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