See Also: sequestration(dictionary)
Sequestration(medicine)
sequestration(encyclopedia)
SEQUESTRATION, contracts(law)
sequestration dermoid(medicine)
sequestration cyst(medicine)
intralobar sequestration(medicine)
extralobar sequestration(medicine)
disc sequestration(medicine)
bronchopulmonary sequestration(medicine)

calling card (oh) and sequestration (sh)


calling card (oh)



n [C]
AmE a small card with a name and often an address printed on it, that people in the past gave to people they visited
British Equivalent: visiting card

sequestration (sh)




In law, a writ authorizing a law-enforcement official to take into custody the property of a defendant in order to enforce a judgment or to preserve the property until a judgment is rendered.

In some civil-law jurisdictions, contested property may be deposited with a third party until it is determined to whom it properly belongs.