Legal Term Dictionary

v. In the civil law. To renounce or disclaim, etc. As when a widow came into court and disclaimed having anything to do with her deceased husband's estate, she was said to sequester. The word more commonly signifles the act of taking in execution under a writ of sequestration. Brown. More...

v. In the civil law. To renounce or disclaim, etc. As when a widow came into court and disclaimed having anything to do with her deceased husband's estate, she was said to sequester. The word more commonly signifles the act of taking in execution under a writ of sequestration. Brown. To deposit a thing which is the subject of a controversy in the hands of a third person, to hold for the contending parties. To take a thing which is the subject of a controversy out of the possession of the contending parties, and deposit it in the hands of a third person. Calvin. In equity practice. To take possession of the property of a defendant, and hold in the custody of the court, until he purges himself of a contempt. In. English ecclesiastical practice. To gather and take care of the fruits and profits of a vacant benefice, for the benefit of the next incumbent. In international law. To confiscate; to appropriate private property to public use; to seize the property of the private citizens of a hostile power, as when a belligerent nation sequesters debts due from its own subjects to the enemy. See 1 Kent, Comm. 62. Less...

n. Lat In the civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of the controversy.

n. Lat In the civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject-matter of the controversy. Less...

In English ecclesiastical practice. A process in the nature of a levari facia*, commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish church, and to take and sequester the same, and hold them until, of the rents, tithes, and profits thereof, and of the other ecclesiastical goods of a More...

In English ecclesiastical practice. A process in the nature of a levari facia*, commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish church, and to take and sequester the same, and hold them until, of the rents, tithes, and profits thereof, and of the other ecclesiastical goods of a defendant, he have levied the plaintiff's debt 3 Bl. Comm. 418; 2 Archb. Fr. 1284. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in ocontroversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it It is two-fold,- voluntary, done by consent of all parties; and necessary, when a judge orders it Brown.

Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in ocontroversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it It is two-fold,- voluntary, done by consent of all parties; and necessary, when a judge orders it Brown. Less...

In equity practice. A writ authorizing the taking into the ocustody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, issues, and profits) of a defendant who is in contempt, and holding the same until he shall comply. It is sometimes directed to the sheriff, but more commonly More...

In equity practice. A writ authorizing the taking into the ocustody of the law of the real and personal estate (or rents, issues, and profits) of a defendant who is in contempt, and holding the same until he shall comply. It is sometimes directed to the sheriff, but more commonly to four commissioners nominated by the complainant. 3 Bl. Comm. 444; Ryan v. Klngs-bery, 88 Ga. 361, 14 S. E. 596. In Louisiana* A mandate of the court, ordering the sheriff, in certain cases, to take in his possession, and to keep, a thing of which another person has the possession, until after the decision of a suit, in order that it be delivered to him who shall be adjudged entitled to have the property or possession of that thing. This is what is properly called a "judicial sequestration.*' Code Prac. La. art 269; American Nat. Bank v. Childs, 49 La. Ann. 1359, 22 South. 384. In contracts. A species of deposit which two or more persons, engaged in litigation about anything, make of the thing in contest with an indifferent person who binds himself to restore it, when the issue is decided, to the party to whom it is adjudged to belong. Civ. Code La. art 2973. In English ecclesiastical law. The act of the ordinary in disposing of the goods and chattels of one deceased, whose estate no one will meddle with. Ooweil. Or, in other words, the taking possession of the property of a deceased person, where there hi no one to claim it Also, where a benefice becomes vacant, a sequestration is usually granted by the bishop to the church-wardens, who manage all the profits and expenses of the benefice, plow and sow the glebe, receive tithes, and provide for the necessary cure of souls. Sweet. In international law. The seizure of the property of an Individual, and the appropriation of it to the use of the government Mayor's oourt. In the mayor's court of London, "a sequestration is an attachment of the property of a person In a warehouse or other place belonging to and abandoned by him. It has the same object as the ordinary attachment, viz., to compel the appearance of the defendant to an action," and, in default, to satisfy the plaintiff's debt by appraisement and execution. -Judioial sequestration. In Louisiana, a mandate ordering the sheriff in certain cases to take Into his possession and to keep a thing of which another person has the possession until after the decision of a suit in order that it may be delivered to him who shall be adjudged to have the property or possession of it. Baldwin v. Black, 119 U. 8. 643, 7 Sup. Ct 326, 30 L. Ed. 530. Less...

One to whom a sequestration Is made. One appointed or chosen to perform a sequestration, or execute a writ of sequestration.

One to whom a sequestration Is made. One appointed or chosen to perform a sequestration, or execute a writ of sequestration. Less...

In English ecclesiastical law. A judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign's command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another. Upon his appearance, the parson may bave this writ for the More...

In English ecclesiastical law. A judicial writ for the discharging a sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign's command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another. Upon his appearance, the parson may bave this writ for the release of the sequestration. Reg. Jud. 36. Sequi debet potentia justltiant mon praBoedere. 2 Inst. 454. Power should follow justice, not precede it Less...

In the feudal polity, the serfs were a class of persons whose social condition was servile, and who were bound to labor and onerous duties at the will of their lords. They differed from slaves only in that they were bound to their native soil, instead of being the absolute More...

In the feudal polity, the serfs were a class of persons whose social condition was servile, and who were bound to labor and onerous duties at the will of their lords. They differed from slaves only in that they were bound to their native soil, instead of being the absolute property of a master. Less...

In military law. A noncommissioned officer, of whom there are several in each company of infantry, troop of cavalry, etc. The term is also used in the organization of a municipal police force. -Sergeant at arms. See SERJEANT.-Sergeant at law. See SERJEANT.-Town sergeant. In several states, an officer having- the More...

In military law. A noncommissioned officer, of whom there are several in each company of infantry, troop of cavalry, etc. The term is also used in the organization of a municipal police force. -Sergeant at arms. See SERJEANT.-Sergeant at law. See SERJEANT.-Town sergeant. In several states, an officer having- the powers and duties of a chief constable or bead of the police department of a town or village. Less...

Lat Severally; separately; individually; one by one.

Lat Severally; separately; individually; one by one. Less...