Patrick Warburton
Governor Mark Bennett
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- 1. Twelve Strangers Aug 5, 2014
- A juror is beaten and another receives threats when the conclusion of a trial nears.
- 2. Folding Laundry Aug 5, 2014
- Danny digs back into the Malcolm Miller case; Anna examines her mysterious message.
- 3. Proof of Life Aug 5, 2014
- The governor makes a confession; Danny asks his father for help.
Setting someone or something apart (figuratively “to the side”) from the rest is sequester ’s raison d’être. We frequently hear it in the context of the courtroom, as juries are sometimes sequestered for the safety of their members or to prevent the influence of outside sources on a verdict.
SEQUESTERED definition: 1. A sequestered place is peaceful because it is far away from people: 2. A sequestered place is…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude. to remove or separate; banish; exile. to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
Synonyms for SEQUESTERED: isolated, secluded, retired, apart, outlying, nowhere, out-of-the-way, secret; Antonyms of SEQUESTERED: adjacent, contiguous, adjoining, close, near, nearby, nigh, integrated.
keep away from others. “He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”. synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw. adjourn, retire, withdraw. break from a meeting or gathering. see more. verb. set apart from others. “The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on”.
LAW, PROPERTY (also sequestrate) to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid back the money that they borrowed in order to buy it, or until they have obeyed a court order: You sign the acknowledgement of debt now and a few months later your property will be sequestered. LAW.
1. Remote or difficult to get to; isolated: a sequestered village in the mountains. 2. Set apart from or prevented from having from contact with others: a sequestered jury. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
