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The definition of sequestration is the seizure of property by an agent of the court to avoid harm to the property, or a legal procedure for U.S. government budget control when federal spending cuts are automatically implemented to avoid spending money that will not be covered by revenue.

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An example of sequestration is when the court takes a car away from the owners because they are fighting over the car in court and both are threatening to destroy the car.
An example of sequestration is when a spending maximum is set for the payroll for air traffic controllers unless additional revenues are applied against the federal budget to cover the increased cost.

See sequestration in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a sequestering or being sequestered; seclusion; separation
1. the taking and holding of property pending resolution of a legal dispute
2. confiscation of property, as by court or government action
the process by which a sequestrum forms
Chem. the close union of ions in solution with an added material so that a stable, soluble complex is produced

Origin: ME sequestracion < MFr < LL sequestratio

See sequestration in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of sequestering; segregation.
Law
a. Seizure of property.
b. A writ authorizing seizure of property.
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.

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