Sequester

German

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Sequester m (genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester, female Sequesterin)

  1. (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (law): Zwangsverwalter

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
Synonyms
  • Sequestration
  • Sequesterverwaltung

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
  • Hornhautsequester
  • Lungensequester

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