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Definition of Confiscation
1. Noun. Seizure by the government.
Generic synonyms: Seizure
Specialized synonyms: Expropriation
Derivative terms: Arrogate, Confiscate
Definition of Confiscation
1. n. The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
Definition of Confiscation
1. Noun. The act or process of confiscating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confiscation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confiscation
Literary usage of Confiscation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"Confiscation. ALTHOUGH, for the most part, as we shall see, confiscation was
technically not the work of the Inquisition, the distinction was rather nominal ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"First stage of confiscation and regrant. Effect of William's first Confiscations
... This marks the first stage of the process, when confiscation was mainly ..."
3. War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States by William Whiting (1864)
"The right of confiscation belongs to the government as the necessary consequence of
... To deny the right of confiscation is to deny the right to make war, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"If his creditors had rights upon the property they could enforce those right« in
the courts by compulsory process after the confiscation. lfe»sr». ..."
5. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"Those who escaped death had to fear a fate scarcely less dreadful, in banishment
and confiscation of property. The persecution very soon took this direction ..."
6. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"The Suprema rejoined, in a consulta, that confiscation was the most efficient
penalty for the suppression of heresy; the culprit could escape burning by ..."
7. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence (1855)
"liable to subjects to confiscation the goods of a friend, on board confiscation ., ir •
L*_M by the prize the vessels of an enemy, is manifestly contrary to ..."
8. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms by Edward Joseph White (1913)
"Confiscation of Property—Doing Homage. "Pro. This King of Naples, being an enemy
to me inveterate, hearkens my brother's suit; Should presently extirpate me ..."
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