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Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..

Exemption :: Exemption (n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy..

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Excussion :: Excussion (n.) The act of excusing; seizure by law.

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Bite :: Bite (v.) The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..

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