SEGUESTRATION
\sˌɛɡɪstɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌɛɡɪstɹˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌɛ_ɡ_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SEGUESTRATION
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A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with.
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The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy.
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The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
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Disunion; disjunction.
By Oddity Software
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A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with.
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The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy.
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The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
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Disunion; disjunction.
By Noah Webster.
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