Sequester
German
[edit]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)
- (law) sequester (a person entrusted by the authorities to deposit the subject matter of a controversy between two or more parties)
- Synonym: Zwangsverwalter
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sequester [masculine, strong]
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)
- (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
[edit]Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]
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)
- (medicine) sequestrum (a fragment of bone or other dead tissue)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sequester [masculine // neuter, strong]