title: Sequestration
text: # 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
  