Concept: sequestration in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7616
Preferred label sequestration
Definition 1) A legal term referring generally to the act of valuable property being taken into custody by an agent of the court and locked away for safekeeping, usually to prevent the property from being disposed of or abused before a dispute over its ownership can be resolved. 2) 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.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • konfiskation [sv]
  • pljenidba [hr]
  • privremeno oduzimanje prava raspolaganja imovinom [hr]
  • sekvestracija [hr]
  • δήμευση [el]
  • κατάσχεση [el]
  • μεσεγγύηση [el]
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