24 February 2013

sequester

[si-kwes-ter]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
2. to remove or separate.
3. Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied.
4. International Law. to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property).

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English sequestren < Latin sequestrāre to put in hands of a trustee, derivative of sequester trustee, depositary

Related forms
se·ques·tra·ble, adjective
non·se·ques·tered, adjective
self-se·ques·tered, adjective
un·se·ques·tered, adjective

Today’s aphorism

‘And moses bugged the pharoah – he bugged him
And he bugged him
Till he got his people free

He used real bugs … ‘

– Larry Norman, from ‘Moses in the Wilderness‘.

On this day

24 February 1872 – death of William Webb Ellis, Anglican clergyman who is credited for creating Rugby Union after allegedly picking up the ball during a soccer match and running with it, while a student at Rugby School. Born 24 November 1806.

24 February 1955 – birth of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Died 5 October 2011.

24 February 2008 – death of Larry Norman, pioneering Christian rock musician.