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- Dictionarysequestrate/ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/
verb
- 1. take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met: "the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions"
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→ sequester. (Definition of sequestrate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of sequestrate. sequestrate. That many ministers of parishes where iconoclasm took place were subsequently sequestrated points to a pre-history of conflict that was more widely shared. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
noun. Word History. Etymology. Latin sequestratus, past participle of sequestrare. First Known Use. 15th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of sequestrate was in the 15th century. See more words from the same century. Dictionary Entries Near sequestrate. sequestrable. sequestrate. sequestration.
Sequestrate definition: to sequester (property).. See examples of SEQUESTRATE used in a sentence.
Definition of 'sequestrate' sequestrate. (siːkwestreɪt ) Word forms: sequestrates , sequestrating , sequestrated. verb [usually passive] When property is sequestrated, it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law. If the debts are paid off, the property is returned to its owner. [law]
Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.
sequestrate something to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid. The two businessmen were fined, and had their assets sequestrated.
(also sequestrate) to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid back the money that they borrowed in order to buy it, or until they have obeyed a court order : You sign the acknowledgement of debt now and a few months later your property will be sequestered.
1. (Law) law a variant of sequester 3. 2. (Law) chiefly Scots law. a. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors. b. to render (a person) bankrupt. 3. archaic to seclude or separate. [C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester] sequestrator n.
Definitions of sequestrate. verb. keep away from others. synonyms: seclude, sequester, withdraw. adjourn, retire, withdraw. break from a meeting or gathering. see more. verb. set apart from others.
Definitions of 'sequestrate' When property is sequestrated , it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law. If the debts are paid off, the property is returned to its owner.
