SEQUESTRATION
- The action of taking forcible possession of something; confiscation
- An act of declaring someone bankrupt
- The action of making a general cut in government spending
- The action of sequestering a substance
- The action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met
- The action of isolating a jury during a trial
- seizure of goods or property by the authority of a writ [n -S]