Topic: LAW
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrare 'to give to someone to keep safe', from Latin sequester 'someone given something to keep safe' |
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se‧ques‧ter
[transitive usually passive] formal
[transitive usually passive] formal1SCL to keep a person or a group of people away from other people : The jury were sequestered during the trial.
The jury were sequestered during the trial.2BFL British English to sequestrate
