SEQUESTRATOR

One to whom a sequestration is made. 2. A depositary of this kind cannot exonerate himself from the care of the thing sequestered in his hands, unless for some cause rendering it indispensable that he should resign his trust. Sequestrators are also officers appointed by a court of chancery, and named in a writ of sequestration. … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATOR

(I) Jury Sequestration: A jury may be kept isolated from the public and outside influences during a trial (forbidding most people to communicate with the jurors) and to prevent the jurors from hearing news reports concerning the case. The cost is high and situation is rare and occurs usually when counsel for a criminal defendant shows a judge that there is significant prejudice … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATION

Lat. In the civil law. The separating or setting aside of a thing in ocontroversy, from the possession of both parties that contend for it It is two-fold, voluntary, done by consent of all parties; and necessary, when a judge orders it Brown. … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRATIO

In English ecclesiastical practice. A process in the nature of a levari facia, commanding the bishop to enter into the rectory and parish church, and to take and sequester the same, and hold them until, of the rents, tithes, and profits thereof, and of the other ecclesiastical goods of a defendant, he have levied the plaintiff's debt 3 Bl. Comm. 418; 2 Archb. Fr. 1284. … [Read more...] about SEQUESTRARI FACIAS

(noun) - Latin: In the civil law. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposited the subject matter of the controversy.(verb) - In the civil law. To renounce or disclaim, etc. As when a widow came into court and disclaimed having anything to do with her deceased husband's estate, she was said to sequester. The word more commonly signifles the act of taking in … [Read more...] about SEQUESTER