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CONFISCATION (from
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Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial
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treasury)  , in
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Roman
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law the seizure and
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transfer of private
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property to the fiscus by the
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emperor; hence the
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appropriation, under legal authority, of private property to the
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state; in
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English law the
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term embraces
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forfeiture (q.v.) in the
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case of goods, and
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escheat (q.v.) in the case of lands, for
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crime or in
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default of heirs (see also EMINENT DOMAIN) . Goods may also be confiscated by the state for breaches of statutes
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relating to customs,
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excise or
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explosives . In the
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United States among the "
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war
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measures " during the
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Civil War, acts were passed in 1861 and 1862 confiscating, respectively, property used for " insurrectionary purposes" and the property generally of those engaged in
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rebellion . The word is used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property without adequate
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compensation .

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