Noun Definition

sequestration

1.Definition: a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

Category: General

2.Definition: seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

Related Noun(s):requisition

Category: General

3.Definition: the act of segregating or sequestering

"Sequestration of the jury"

Related Noun(s):segregation

Category: General

4.Definition: 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

Category: General