Definition of: sequester

(si·kwes′tər) v.t.
1. To place apart; separate; segregate.
2. To seclude; withdraw: often used reflexively.
3. Law To take (property) into custody until a controversy, claim, etc., is settled or satisfied.
4. In international law, to confiscate and control (enemy property) by preemption. [<OF sequestrer <LL sequestrare remove, lay aside <sequester a trustee]
—se·ques′tra·ble adjective