Betydelse av sequestration på svenska

• 0 the act of taking temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or obeyed a court order:

  • This would do nothing to halt the sequestration of property in the former colony.

  • The union was ordered to to withdraw the instruction or face the sequestration of its funds and assets.

• 1 the act of keeping people, especially a jury, together in a place so that they cannot be influenced by other people, by newspaper reports, etc.:

  • The committee called for an open trial and the sequestration of the jury.

  • The extreme measure of jury sequestration is not required.

• 2 the act of separating and storing a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe:

  • We are actively pursuing new environmental approaches like carbon sequestration.

  • natural processes that benefit people, such as the sequestration of carbon in soil and forests