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SEQUESTERED definition: 1. A sequestered place is peaceful because it is far away from people: 2. A sequestered place is…. Learn more.
LAW, PROPERTY (also sequestrate) to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid back the money that they borrowed in order to buy it, or until they have obeyed a court order: You sign the acknowledgement of debt now and a few months later your property will be sequestered. LAW.
1. a. : to set apart : segregate. sequester a jury. b. : seclude, withdraw. widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and sequestered Don Asher. 2. a. : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration. b. : to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration. 3.
(sɪˈkwɛstəd ) adjective. 1. secluded. 2. kept isolated or apart. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. 3. law. requisitioned or confiscated, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
1. verb. Sequester means the same as sequestrate. [law] Everything he owned was sequestered. [be VERB -ed] [ Also VERB noun] Synonyms: take, seize, confiscate, appropriate More Synonyms of sequester. 2. verb. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. [formal]
sequester. verb. /sɪˈkwestə (r)/ /sɪˈkwestər/ (law) Verb Forms. (also sequestrate) to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid. Want to learn more?
verb. keep away from others. “He sequestered himself in his study to write a book” synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw. adjourn, retire, withdraw. break from a meeting or gathering. see more. verb. set apart from others. “The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on” synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart. see more. verb.
adjective. kept separate and secluded. “a sequestered jury”. synonyms: segregated, unintegrated. separated or isolated from others or a main group. adjective. providing privacy or seclusion. “sat close together in the sequestered pergola”.
to remove or separate; banish; exile. to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached. Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied.
Definition of sequestered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
