Sequestration
# Sequestration

Sequestration or sequester may refer to:

## Law and government

* Sequestration (law), the seizure of property for creditors or the state. See also Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
* Jury sequestration, the isolation of a jury
* Bankruptcy, in Scottish law
* Budget sequestration, U.S. legal procedure in which automatic spending cuts are triggered
   * Budget sequestration in 2013, automatic spending cuts to the U.S. federal budget beginning in 2013
* A euphemism for asset forfeiture by the state

## Science

* Carbon sequestration
* Biological processes in which an organism accumulates a compound or tissue:
   * Bile acid sequestrant
   * Pulmonary sequestration
   * Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration
* Chelation, bonding between a polydentate ligand and a central atom

## Other uses

* Sequester (band)
* Sequestered (TV series), a Crackle television series
* Vibius Sequester, (4th or 5th century), Roman geographer
* Protective sequestration, a public health measure
