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sequestration
sequestration definition - legal
n
- The isolation of a trial jury in the custody of the court for the duration of a trial in order to prevent tampering or their hearing outside testimony; keeping witnesses apart from one another and outside the courtroom;
- the placement of an item or monies in dispute with an independent party pending resolution of litigation between two making claim to the item or monies.Â
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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