Definition of seizure

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

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Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..
Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
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..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
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..
Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..
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..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.
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..
Disseizure :: Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..
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..
Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.
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