See also:

• CONFISCATION (from Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial treasury)

CONFISCATION (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial See also:

• TREASURY

treasury)  , in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the seizure and See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of private See also:

• PROPERTY

property to the fiscus by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor; hence the See also:

• APPROPRIATION (from Lat. appropriare, to set aside)

appropriation, under legal authority, of private property to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state; in See also:

• ENGLISH

English law the See also:

• TERM

term embraces See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

forfeiture (q.v.) in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of goods, and See also:

• ESCHEAT (O. Fr. esthete, from escheoir, to fall to one's share; Lat. excidere, to fall out)

escheat (q.v.) in the case of lands, for See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime or in See also:

• DEFAULT (Fr. defaut, from defailler, to fail, Lat. fallere)

default of heirs (see also EMINENT DOMAIN) . Goods may also be confiscated by the state for breaches of statutes See also:

• RELATING

relating to customs, See also:

• EXCISE (derived through the Dutch, excijs or accijs, possibly from Late Lat. accensare,—ad, to, and census, tax; the word owes something to a confusion with excisum, cut out)

excise or See also:

• EXPLOSIVES

explosives . In the See also:

• UNITED

United States among the " See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• MEASURES

measures " during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War, acts were passed in 1861 and 1862 confiscating, respectively, property used for " insurrectionary purposes" and the property generally of those engaged in See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion . The word is used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property without adequate See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation .