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
(You may find impound at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
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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