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Sequester
Sequester
v. t.
To
separate
from
the
owner
for
a
time
; to
take
from
parties
in
controversy
and
put
into
the
possession
of an
indifferent
person
; to
seize
or
take
possession
of, as
property
belonging
to
another
,
and
hold
it
till
the
profits
have
paid
the
demand
for
which
it is
taken
, or
till
the
owner
has
performed
the
decree
of
court
, or
clears
himself
of
contempt
; in
international
law
, to
confiscate
.
Sequester
v. t.
To
cause
(
one
) to
submit
to
the
process
of
sequestration
; to
deprive
(
one
) of
one
's
estate
,
property
,
etc
.
Sequester
v. t.
To
set
apart
; to
put
aside
; to
remove
; to
separate
from
other
things
.
Sequester
v. t.
To
cause
to
retire
or
withdraw
into
obscurity
; to
seclude
; to
withdraw
;
often
used
reflexively
.
Sequester
v. i.
To
withdraw
; to
retire
.
Sequester
v. i.
To
renounce
(as a
widow
may
)
any
concern
with
the
estate
of
her
husband
.
Sequester
n.
Sequestration
;
separation
.
Sequester
n.
A
person
with
whom
two
or
more
contending
parties
deposit
the
subject
matter
of
the
controversy
;
one
who
mediates
between
two
parties
; a
mediator
; an
umpire
or
referee
.
Sequester
n.
Same
as
Sequestrum
.
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