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Definition of Confiscates

Confiscate
Confiscate Con"fis*cate (? or ?), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.
Confiscate
Confiscate Con"fis*cate (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.

Meaning of Confiscates from wikipedia

- Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other...
- The Spanish confiscation was the Spanish government's seizure and sale of property, including from the Catholic Church, from the late 18th century to the...
- The Confiscation Acts were laws p****ed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate...
- leading to an outstanding US Secret Service warrant for arrest and confiscation of the coins. One surviving coin, legalized long after transfer to a...
- Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-22. "State to Confiscate Land of Pro-****anese Collaborators". The Korea Times. 13 August 2007....
- The ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal (Spanish: desamortización eclesiástica de Mendizábal), more often referred to simply as la Desamortización...
- Confiscation in the Ottoman Empire was government seizure of the ****ets of citizens considered undeserving. Starting in the 17th century, ****ets were confiscated...
- The Confiscation Act of 1862, or Second Confiscation Act, was a law p****ed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War. This statute was...
- The Confiscation Act of 1861 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting military confiscation and subsequent court...
- colonial government and Māori tribes resulted in the alienation and confiscation of large amounts of Māori land. New Zealand became a dominion in 1907;...