confiscation property
11confiscation — /konfaskeyshan/ Act of confiscating. The seizure of private property by the government without compensation to the owner, often as a consequence of conviction for crime, or because possession or use of the property was contrary to law. The… …
12confiscation — /konfaskeyshan/ Act of confiscating. The seizure of private property by the government without compensation to the owner, often as a consequence of conviction for crime, or because possession or use of the property was contrary to law. The… …
13confiscation — confiscate con‧fis‧cate [ˈkɒnfskeɪt ǁ ˈkɑːn ] verb [transitive] LAW to officially take private property away from someone, for example because a crime has been committed: • The state can confiscate criminals profits from books or movies… …
14PROPERTY — Classification Property may be divided into different classes in accordance with the various legal principles applicable thereto. One common division is between immovable property and movables, distinguished from each other in the following… …
15Confiscation Cases — Cases arising under the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, authorizing the confiscation of property used in aiding, abetting or promoting insurrection against the government of the United States. Confiscation Cases (US) 7 Wall 454, 19 L Ed 196;… …
16confiscation loss — A loss, deductible in an income tax return, resulting from the confiscation or nationalization of the taxpayer s property. Elek v Commissioner, 30 T CT 731(A) …
17confiscation — confiscate ► VERB 1) take or seize (property) with authority. 2) appropriate to the public treasury as a penalty. DERIVATIVES confiscation noun confiscatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin confiscare put away in a chest, consign to the public treasury ,… …
18confiscation of property — appropriation or seizing of private property …
19confiscation — confis·ca·tion || ‚kÉ’nfɪ skeɪʃn n. seizure, taking away (property, money, etc.) …
20confiscation acts — Certain acts of congress enacted during the process of the civil war (1861 and 1862) in the exercise of the war powers of the government and meant to strengthen its hands and aid in suppressing the rebellion, which authorized the seizure,… …
