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Medical Definition of Seguestration
1. 1. The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy. 2. The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society. "Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign, . . . This loathsome sequestration have I had." (Shak) 3. Disunion; disjunction. Origin: L. Sequestratio: cf. F. Sequestration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)