Definition of Confiscation. Meaning of Confiscation. Synonyms of Confiscation

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Definition of Confiscation

Confiscation
Confiscation Con`fis*ca"tion, n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. --Hallam.

Meaning of Confiscation from wikipedia

- Broke No Law". NPR. Look up confiscation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. UK Education and Inspection Act 2006 - Section 94, Confiscation from pupils...
- leading to an outstanding US Secret Service warrant for arrest and confiscation of the coins. One surviving coin, legalized long after transfer to a...
- José Calvo Sotelo, repealed confiscation laws and thus ended the Confiscation of Madoz. At the time of the confiscations, Spain could be roughly divided...
- held by the Confederate forces in the South. The Confiscation Act of 1861 authorized the confiscation of any Confederate property by Union forces ("property"...
- the Armenian genocide, the confiscation of the Armenian property lasted continuously until 1974. Much of the confiscations during the Armenian genocide...
- investigations, has concluded that although the land confiscation legislation was legal, every confiscation by the government breached the law, by both failing...
- securities with negative real interest rates were deemed certificates of confiscation. A so-called "negative interest rate policy" (NIRP) is a negative (below...
- One of Mahmut II's reforms was a ban on confiscation except with the court's permission. In 1839, confiscation in the Ottoman Empire was abolished by the...
- 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...