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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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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.

Disseizure :: Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.

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

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..

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

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..

Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.

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

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