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/səˈkwestər/,
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sequestered, past participle; sequestered, past tense; sequestering, present participle; sequesters, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Isolate or hide away (someone or something)
    • - Tiberius was sequestered on an island
    • - the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years
  2. Isolate (a jury) from outside influences during a trial
    • - the jurors had been sequestered since Monday
  3. Form a chelate or other stable compound with (an ion, atom, or molecule) so that it is no longer available for reactions

  4. Take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met
    • - the power of courts to sequester the assets of unions
  5. Take forcible possession of (something); confiscate
    • - rebel property was sequestered and a military government installed
  6. Legally place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for division among the creditors
    • - a trustee in a sequestered estate
  1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
  2. impound: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
  3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
  4. seclude: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
  5. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
  6. (sequestered) cloistered: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
  7. Sequester is a Canadian metal band created by Ryan Boc in 2005. Ryan Boc remains the sole member, writing and performing all of the music thus far. ...
  8. (Sequestration (law)) Sequestration is the act of removing, separating or seizing anything from the possession of its owner under process of law for the benefit of creditors or the state.
  9. To separate from all external influence; To separate in order to store; To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
  10. (sequestered) Something that has already been separated
  11. Sequestration refers to capture of carbon dioxide in a manner that prevents it from being released into the atmosphere for a specified period of time.
  12. (Sequestration) The Scottish legal term for Bankruptcy.
  13. (sequestration) Members of a sequestered jury are usually housed together in a hotel and are not allowed to contact people outside of the court. Sequestration rarely occurs and is meant for jurors' protection. ...
  14. (Sequestration) is removal and storage, as when carbon dioxide is sequestered from the atmosphere by plants via photosynthesis. Index
  15. (Sequestration) The uptake and storage of carbon, for example reforestation and increasing the carbon content of soil.
  16. (Sequestration) The removal of atmospheric CO2, either through biological processes (e.g. plants and trees), or geological processes through storage of CO2 in underground reservoirs.
  17. (SEQUESTRATION) to separate or isolate, remove or withdraw, such as the incommunicado lock-down of a pre-launch SOF team in an ISOFAC. ...
  18. (Sequestration) In the context of trials, the isolation of a jury from the public, or the separation of witnesses to ensure the integrity of testimony. In other legal contexts the seizure of property or the freezing of assets by court order.
  19. (Sequestration) Parliamentary process of seizing estates of Royalists, and the diversion of the revenues to the war effort, following an ordinance of March 1643.
  20. (Sequestration) Temporary confiscation of property by court order until the owner purges his contempt by obeying an earlier court order.
  21. (Sequestration) The process of setting something apart. In energy and environmental terms, sequestration means capturing carbon dioxide emissions from large commercial facilities such as coal-fired electricity plants and injecting the emissions underground for permanent storage.
  22. (Sequestration) The taking of someone's property, voluntarily (by deposit) or involuntarily (by seizure), by court officers or into the possession of a third party, awaiting the outcome of a trial in which ownership of that property is at issue.
  23. (Sequestration) The turning aside into another channel of profits, such as when a benefice is vacant the income is sequestered by being paid to the church-wardens to hold for the next incumbent.
  24. (Sequestration) To render bankrupt. Strictly, it is a person’s estate which is sequestrated or set aside for the use of his creditors. To sequestrate for rent is to take the furniture, etc., on leased premises to satisfy a claim for rent. ...
  25. (Sequestration) conversion of insoluble salts (Ca/Mg) into soluble complexes through the addition of inorganic sequestrants - such as phosphates.