Confiscate To take private property for public use without reasonable compensation, such as when the government confiscates an automobile used to transport contraband.
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Confiscate
It refers to seizing of goods or property without any legal authority,but in some cases it is done to prevent illegal activities.
Confiscate. Latin confiscare, to transfer to the public purse: fiscus, a purse. To transfer property from private to public use; to forfeit property to the prince or state. Ware v. Hylton, 8 Dall. 234 (1796); 12 Mo. Ap. 234.
CONFISCATE : Appropriated by the government.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: This arises when an attorney is unable to represent a party because of other obligations. ...
confiscate, confiscation The governmental taking of private property without compensation.
confiscate
v. to take one's goods or property without legal right, although there may appear to be some lawful basis.
Confiscate
Definition - Transitive Verb
: to seize without compensation as forfeited to the public treasury
compare criminal forfeiture ...
In Aotearoa aka New Zealand during the latter half of the 19th century British colonists used many tactics to confiscate land from the indigenous Māori, including warfare.
The claim of a right to confiscate debts contracted by individuals in time of peace, and which remain due to subjects of the enemy in time of war, ...
If he became a Christian, his conversion was considered a larceny of the lord, and his property and goods were confiscated. They were allowed to utter their prayers only in a low voice and without chanting.
The amount thus confiscated varied from time to time. It was usually a third, but sometimes a half or even two-thirds, and after the fall of Capua in the Second Punic War the whole territory of the state was annexed.
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