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Reseizure :: Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

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..

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..

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

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

Usurp :: Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper..

Disseizure :: Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.

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

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

Warrantable :: Warrantable (a.) Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable..

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

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

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

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

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

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

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..

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

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

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..

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