SEQUESTRATION  , the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of removing, separating or seizing anything from the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of its owner, particularly in 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, of the taking possession of See also:

• PROPERTY

property under See also:

• PROCESS

process of law for the benefit of creditors or the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The Latin sequestrare, to set aside or surrender, a See also:

• LATE

late use, is derived from See also:

• SEQUESTER, VIBIUS (4th or 5th century, A.D.)

sequester, a depositary or trustee, one in whose hands a thing in dispute was placed till the dispute was settled; this was a See also:

• TERM

term of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence (cf . See also:

• DIGEST

Digest L . 16,115) . By derivation it must be connected with sequi, to follow; possibly the development in meaning may be follower, attendant, intermediary, hence trustee . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English " sequestered " means merely secluded, withdrawn . In law, the term " sequestration " has many applications; thus it is applied to the act of a belligerent See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power which seizes the debts due from its own subject to the enemy power; to a See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ directed to persons, " sequestrators," to enter on the property of the See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant and seize the goods (see See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

EXECUTION); to the See also:

• ACTION

action of taking profits of a See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice to satisfy the creditors of the See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent . As the goods of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church cannot be touched by a See also:

• LAY

lay See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the writ is issued to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, and he issues the sequestration See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to the churchwardens who collect the profits and satisfy the demand . Similarly when a benefice is vacant the churchwardens take out sequestration under the See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal of the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

Ordinary and See also:

• MANAGE

manage the profits for the next incumbent . In the Scots law of See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy the term " sequestration " is used of the taking of the bankrupt's See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate by order of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court for the benefit of the creditors (see BANKRUPTCY, § Scottish Bankruptcy Legislation) .