sequestration

sequestration
/sekwastreyshan/siyV. In general, the process by which property or funds are attached pending the outcome of litigation.
See also sequester
Order of "sequestration" is intended to assure that a witness will testify concerning his own knowledge of the case without being influenced by testimony of prior witnesses and to strengthen role of cross-examination in developing facts. State v. James, La.App. 3 Cir., 447 So.2d 580, 583.
The separation or removal of property from the person in possession, pending some further action or proceedings affecting the property. Term is also used to refer to impoundment or stoppage of use of budget funds by governmental agencies as a result of, for example, spending restrictions.
Contracts.
A species of deposit which two or more persons, engaged in litigation about anything, make of the thing in contest with an indifferent person who binds himself to restore it, when the issue is decided, to the party to whom it is adjudged to belong. Civ.Code La. art. 2973.
Debtor-creditor relations.
In the law of creditors' rights, most often refers to an equitable form of attachment, although occasionally used (or misused) to identify a replevin-like process; very broad meaning implies any setting aside of a person's property to answer for the demands of another.
English ecclesiastical law.
The act of the ordinary in disposing of the goods and chattels of one deceased, whose estate no one claims. Equity practice. A writ authorizing the taking into the custody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, issues, and profits) of a defendant who is in contempt, and holding the same until he shall comply.
International law.
The seizure of the property of an individual, and the appropriation of it to the use Of the government.
Expropriation.
See jury

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • sequestration — Sequestration …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • séquestration — [ sekɛstrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1810; « mise sous séquestre » 1390; lat. sequestratio ♦ Action de séquestrer (qqn), état d une personne séquestrée. « le travail est impossible en prison : le travail ne pouvant s obtenir que dans une séquestration… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • sequestration — se·ques·tra·tion /ˌsē kwəs trā shən, ˌse / n 1: the act of sequestering: the state of being sequestered 2 a: a writ authorizing an official (as a sheriff) to take into custody the property of a defendant usu. to enforce a court order, to exercise …   Law dictionary

  • Sequestration — Seq ues*tra tion, n. [L. sequestratio: cf. F. s[ e]questration.] 1. (a) (Civil & Com. Law) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sequestration — Sequestration, eine besondere Art des Depositum, welche darin besteht, daß die Aufbewahrung einer Sache, weil Streit darüber entstanden od. aus anderen Gründen, einem unparteiischen Dritten (Sequester) anvertraut wird, welcher sich verpflichtet… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sequestration — (lat.), die Anordnung, daß eine Sache, bezüglich deren Streit zwischen zwei Parteien besteht, einem Dritten (dem Sequester) übergeben werde, damit er sie zur Sicherung der Ansprüche des Berechtigten aufbewahre. Die S., mit der regelmäßig eine… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sequestration — (lat.), Zwangsverwaltung, die Anvertrauung eines in Streit befangenen Gegenstandes an einen Dritten (Sequester) zwecks Aufbewahrung und Verwaltung bis zur Herausgabe der Sache an den Berechtigten nach entschiedenem oder sonst erledigtem… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sequestration — Sequestration, Zwangsverwaltung im Fall der Verhängung des Konkurses über das Vermögen einer Eisenbahn oder aus anderen Gründen (zur Erzwingung der dem Unternehmer obliegenden konzessionsmäßigen oder sonstigen öffentlich rechtlichen… …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

  • Sequestration — Sequestration,die:⇨Zwangsverwaltung …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • sequestration — (n.) c.1400, from L.L. sequestrationem, noun of action from pp. stem of L. sequestrare (see SEQUESTER (Cf. sequester)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sequestration — [sē΄kwə strā′shən, si kwes΄trā′shən] n. [ME sequestracion < MFr < LL sequestratio] 1. a sequestering or being sequestered; seclusion; separation 2. a) the taking and holding of property pending resolution of a legal dispute b) confiscation… …   English World dictionary

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