Sequester

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German

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Sequester m (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)
Declension

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Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Sequester m or n (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)
Declension

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Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

Sequester m or n (genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)

  1. (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)
Declension

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See also

Further reading

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