sequestration

se·ques·tra·tion  (skw-strshn, skw-)

n.

1. The act of sequestering; segregation.

2. Law

a. Seizure of property.

b. A writ authorizing seizure of property.

3. Chemistry The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added materials, especially the prevention of metallic ion precipitation from solution by formation of a coordination compound with a phosphate.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sequestration - the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury" segregation separation - the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state"
	2.	sequestration - the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
	3.	sequestration - a writ that authorizes the seizure of property judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	4.	sequestration - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized requisition appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"