Sequestration

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Sequestration or sequester may refer to:

Law and government

  • Sequestration (law), the seizure of property for creditors or the state. See also Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
  • Jury sequestration, the isolation of a jury
  • Bankruptcy, in Scottish law
  • Budget sequestration, U.S. legal procedure in which automatic spending cuts are triggered
    • Budget sequestration in 2013, automatic spending cuts to the U.S. federal budget beginning in 2013
  • A euphemism for asset forfeiture by the state

Science

  • Carbon sequestration
  • Biological processes in which an organism accumulates a compound or tissue:
    • Bile acid sequestrant
    • Pulmonary sequestration
    • Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration
  • Chelation, bonding between a polydentate ligand and a central atom

Other uses

  • Sequester (band)
  • Sequestered (TV series), a Crackle television series
  • Vibius Sequester, (4th or 5th century), Roman geographer
  • Protective sequestration, a public health measure

See also

  • Sequestrant, a food additive which improves the quality and stability of foods
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