Definition of Impounding. Meaning of Impounding. Synonyms of Impounding

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Definition of Impounding

Impounding
Impound Im*pound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak.

Meaning of Impounding from wikipedia

- Look up impoundment or impound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Impoundment may refer to: The result of a dam, creating a body of water A reservoir...
- the benefit of the impounding agency. The word impound means to place into a pound, a secured area to hold things. An impoundment lot can thus be simply...
- A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers; it creates a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and...
- Impoundment is an act by a President of the United States of not spending money that has been appropriated by the U.S. Congress. Thomas Jefferson was...
- Maneka Gandhi's p****port was impounded 'in the public interest' by an order dated 2 July 1977.: 273  When reasons for impounding her p****port was sought,...
- deposition is a result below the dams.[clarification needed] The filling (impounding) of reservoirs has often been attributed to reservoir-triggered seismicity...
- The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) is a United States federal law that governs the role of the Congress in the United...
- Frome. Where there was no such river source, a mechanical pumping, or impounding, station was constructed. Liverpool's northern docks were served by one...
- 196 km/h (122 mph) on a French motorway. His Mercedes-Benz CLK was also impounded. Two days before the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, Victoria Police witnessed...
- which decimated the town, and once in the 1960s when the Green River was impounded to make way for the Green River Reservoir. Various sources and accounts...