sequestrate
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He commissioned them and the chief alguazil of Valladolid to seize the person of the archbishop, to sequestrate his goods, and draw up an inventory of them.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
The independent Municipal Self-Governments have the right to sequestrate all unoccupied or uninhabited dwelling-places.
From Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed
They have, besides, possessions in Belgium, Piedmont, and Italy, which I intend to sequestrate.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
It is true, wench," replied the knight; "and small cause would make the villains sequestrate the poor remains which the civil wars have left to the colleges.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
Suppose, my dear Sir, they should proceed to arrest you, or to sequestrate the revenue of your vicarage.
From Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Looking back, Khodorkovsky thinks his mistake was to acknowledge that Yukos could be sequestrated from him, but he did not anticipate its destruction.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
The bill and the subsequent legal costs saw the debt soar to a reported £30,000 and in 2000 Mrs Van Overwaele was sequestrated - the Scottish legal term for being made legally bankrupt.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2022
The proposed jurors were interviewed anonymously, and those selected will remain so – and sequestrated for the duration of the trial, expected to last several months.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2018
I don't know that a stable can be considered a dwelling under the homestead regulations, and there's nothing to prevent any man from hiring assistance to drive home sequestrated cattle.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
All his property was sequestrated, and his money and jewels were secured within the treasury.
The grant will help fund the conservation and breeding of tropical forage grasses with deep roots for sequestrating carbon in soil.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 20, 2022
Cardinal Frederick alone enjoined his curates to impress upon the people the importance of declaring every case, and of sequestrating all infected or suspected goods.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
In her distress lest Jim should take too much, the claimant of his name and protection had evidently been sequestrating a large share for herself.
From Waring's Peril by Charles King
There is ground for seizure, the Article adds, and for sequestrating a work, if the printer does not produce the receipts of the deposit ordered by the preceding Article.
From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by John William Cole
Immediately, on reoccupying the city of Mexico, the Constitutionalists proceeded to execute with severity the decree issued at Vera Cruz nationalizing or sequestrating the property of the church.
From The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latane
