Sequester

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sequester (mediator), from Latin sequester (mediating), from Latin sequi (to follow).

Noun[edit]

Sequester m (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester, feminine Sequesterin)

  1. (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)
    Synonym: Zwangsverwalter
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (mediation), from Latin sequester (mediating), from Latin sequi (to follow).

Noun[edit]

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

  1. (law) sequestration (the process of temporarily removing property from the possession of its owner to hold it as security against legal claims)
    Synonyms: Sequestration, Sequesterverwaltung
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Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin sequestrare (to separate), from Latin sequester (mediating), from Latin sequi (to follow). Compare sequestrieren.

Noun[edit]

Sequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

  1. (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)
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Further reading[edit]

  • Sequester” in Duden online
  • Sequester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache