sequestrate

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So that her children should not be deprived of their father's fortune, which the nation could sequestrate as the property of an émigré, Mme. de Vaubadon, like many other royalists, had sued for a divorce.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

The independent Municipal Self-Governments have the right to sequestrate all unoccupied or uninhabited dwelling-places.

From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John

“My father is my father; but Joseph is just as much my uncle as he’s yours; and you have no right to sequestrate his person.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He was to inquire into the conduct of Cortez, and in case he thought fit, to seize him, sequestrate his property, and supersede him in command.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington

Not sequestrate the income of a man who has been proved to be a thief!

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony