Sequestration

Sequestration or sequester may refer to:

• Sequestration (law), the seizure of property for creditors or the state. See also Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
• Jury sequestration, the isolation of a jury
• Bankruptcy, in Scottish law
• Budget sequestration, U.S. legal procedure in which automatic spending cuts are triggered
  • Budget sequestration in 2013, automatic spending cuts to the U.S. federal budget beginning in 2013
• A euphemism for asset forfeiture by the state

• Carbon sequestration
• Biological processes in which an organism accumulates a compound or tissue:
  • Bile acid sequestrant
  • Pulmonary sequestration
  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration
• Chelation, bonding between a polydentate ligand and a central atom

• Sequester (band)
• Sequestered (TV series), a Crackle television series
• Vibius Sequester, (4th or 5th century), Roman geographer
• Protective sequestration, a public health measure

• Sequestrant, a food additive which improves the quality and stability of foods