To put aside; remove; separate from other things; seclude; withdraw.In law:To separate from the owner for a time; seize or take possession of, as the property and income of a debtor, until the claims of creditors be satisfied.To set aside from the power of either party, as a matter at issue, by order of a court of law. For use in Scots law, see sequestrate. See also sequestration. Hence To seize for any purpose; confiscate; take possession of; appropriate.To withdraw.In law, to renounce or decline, as a widow any concern with the estate of her husband.n. The act of sequestering; sequestration; separation; seclusion.n. In law, a person with whom two or more parties to a suit or controversy deposit the subject of controversy; a mediator or referee between two parties; an umpire.