Legal Definition and Related Resources of Impound

Meaning of Impound

To shut up stray animals or distrained or seized goods in an inclosure or pound . To place a suspected document in the custody of the court .

Impound Alternative Definition

To place in a pound goods or cattle distrained or estray. 3 Bl. Comm. 12.

Synonyms of Impound

verb

appropriate
attach
confiscate
deprive of
distrain
hold in legal custody
remove
retain in custody
seize
sequester
sequestrate
take
take into custody
take into legal custody
take over
take possession of Associated Concepts: impounding ajury
impounding property

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Embargar
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Corralón
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English Spanish Translation of Impound

Incautar

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Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Impound

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early 15c., “to shut up in a pen or pound,” from assimilated form of in- “into, in” (see in- (2)) + pound; this term is also a noun.. Originally of cattle seized by law. Related: Impounded; impounding.

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