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    • 1. Twelve Strangers
      1. Twelve Strangers Aug 5, 2014
      • A juror is beaten and another receives threats when the conclusion of a trial nears.
    • 2. Folding Laundry
      2. Folding Laundry Aug 5, 2014
      • Danny digs back into the Malcolm Miller case; Anna examines her mysterious message.
    • 3. Proof of Life
      3. Proof of Life Aug 5, 2014
      • The governor makes a confession; Danny asks his father for help.
  2. 1. a. : to set apart : segregate. sequester a jury. b. : seclude, withdraw. widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and sequestered Don Asher. 2. a. : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration. b. : to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration. 3.

  3. SEQUESTERED definition: 1. A sequestered place is peaceful because it is far away from people: 2. A sequestered place is…. Learn more.

  4. to remove or separate; banish; exile. to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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”.

  7. 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.

  8. verb. /sɪˈkwestə (r)/ /sɪˈkwestər/ (law) Verb Forms. (also sequestrate) to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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