sequestrators

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tr.v. se·ques·trat·ed, se·ques·trat·ing, se·ques·trates

1. Chiefly British To seize; confiscate: "The sheriffs ... will be able to seize stock and other assets, and to sequestrate bank accounts belonging to defaulters" (Daily Telegraph).

2. To seclude; sequester.

[Middle English sequestraten, from Latin sequestrre, sequestrt-, to give up for safekeeping; see sequester.]

sequestrate [sɪˈkwɛstreɪt]

vb (tr)

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

[from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester]

sequestrator [ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə] n

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Verb	1.	sequestrate - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" seclude, sequester, withdraw isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
	2.	sequestrate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" keep apart, set apart, isolate, sequester disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

Translations

sequestrate [sɪˈkwestreɪt] VT → secuestrar

sequestrate [ˈsiːkwɛstreɪt] vt [+ assets, property] → mettre sous séquestre

sequestrate

vt (Jur) → sequestrieren

sequestrate [sɪˈkwɛstreɪt] vt → sequestrare, confiscare

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Because of Mr van Hoogstraten's failure to pay costs, the judge barred him, until he pays up, from pursuing a claim that pounds 1m of his assets had been seized unlawfully by sequestrators during earlier stages of the complex dispute.

BRITAIN: 'Killer' fails to pay costs by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Glancy, who sang on Smalltown Boy, which reached No3 in 1984, was banned from taking out credit without the permission of the sequestrators.

FALLEN STAR IN pounds 10,000 FRAUD; Bronski singer faces jail by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

In his Mystery of the Two Junto's, Clement Walker complains about how Parliament's judges have gone beyond their authority by sequestering men "unjustly," confiscating their goods "under pretence," and levying taxes in order "to secure Country Committees, Sequestrators, and others (not Prerogative but Legislative) Thieves, contrary to Magna Charta.

"Bastard children of tyranny": The Ancient Constitution and Fulke ... by Herman, Peter C. / Renaissance Quarterly

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