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Sequester

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
"The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order."
2.VerbTo separate in order to store.
"The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions."
3.VerbTo set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
4.VerbTo prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
5.VerbTo temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
6.VerbTo cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
7.VerbTo remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
"The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013."
8.VerbTo seize and hold enemy property.
9.VerbTo withdraw; to retire.
10.VerbTo renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
11.Nounsequestration; separation
12.NounA person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
13.NounA sequestrum.
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