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