Sequester
German
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin sequester (“mediator”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).
Noun
editSequester m (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester, feminine Sequesterin)
- (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)
- Synonym: Zwangsverwalter
Declension
editDeclension of Sequester [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Latin sequestrum (“mediation”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”).
Noun
editSequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)
- (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
Declension
editDeclension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]
Etymology 3
editBorrowed from Late Latin sequestrare (“to separate”), from Latin sequester (“mediating”), from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Compare sequestrieren.
Noun
editSequester m or n (strong, genitive Sequesters, plural Sequester)
- (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)
Declension
editDeclension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]