sequestrate
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It is now proposed not only to forbid all teaching by these orders, but also to sequestrate the property of such congregations as exist solely for teaching purposes.
From History of Education by Levi Seeley
They told her that Lord Carse found himself compelled, for family reasons, to sequestrate her.
From The Billow and the Rock by E.J. Wheeler
After the close of the American war, I had, for various reasons of a private nature, a wish to sequestrate myself for a time, from any very ostensible part in public affairs.
From The Provost by John Galt
He accordingly issued a peremptory order to sequestrate every copy in Italy.
From Great Astronomers by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
He was to inquire into the conduct of Cortez, and in case he thought fit, to seize him, sequestrate his property, and supersede him in command.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving
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
Lieut.-Col. the Rev. John Wigan applied for the reversion of this property, "part of ye estate of the late Earl of Derby, and part of ye jointure of ye Countess Dowager already sequestrated."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Rev. Thomas Perkins
The old emperor affected to believe the accusation, sequestrated the general's property, and kept him under surveillance for eight months.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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
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
"We have no excuse for sequestrating the estates," replied Ireton.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
Can the sequestrators possibly have inventoried and sold the goods, as they themselves declared, on the 16th, though the sequestrating Order was not formally issued till the 17th?
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by David Masson
It gratifies our loyalty—our loyalty, madam, is a sentiment which exalts and endears the meanest services, even that of sequestrating a spy, an informer.”
From The Billow and the Rock by E.J. Wheeler
