| 单词 | sequestration |
| 释义 | sequestration sequestration 1. an order of the court to commissioners directing them to seize property belonging to a person or body, usually applied where that person or body is in contempt of court.2. in Scotland, the technical name for BANKRUPTCY proceedings. sequestration, writ of the writ of sequestration is a process of con- tempt by proceeding against the property of the contemnor and is a means of enforcing judgments or orders only where the person in contempt has disobeyed an order of the court. Accordingly, before a writ of sequestration will be allowed to issue, the court must be sat- isfied that a contempt of court has been committed. Thus, the writ of sequestration is a writ of last resort to enforce a judgment or order that requires a person to do an act within a specified time or to abstain from doing a specified act. |
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