sequestration

Definitions of sequestration in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of segregating or sequestering

noun - the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions

noun - a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

noun - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

The act of sequestering; segregation.

Law.

Seizure of property.

A writ authorizing seizure of property.

The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added materials, especially the prevention of metallic ion precipitation from solution by formation of a coordination compound with a phosphate.