sequester

sĕquester, tris (orig. form sequester, tri. ante- and post-class., and in the poets), m. [sequor], jurid. t. t.,

• a depositary, trustee, into whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled: sequester dicitur, apud quem plures eandem rem, de quā controversia est, deposuerunt, Dig. 50, 16, 110: nunc ut apud sequestrum vidulum posivimus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; Dig. 16, 3, 33: tu istunc hodie non feres, nisi das sequestrum aut arbitrum, Quoius haec res arbitratu fiat, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 65 (1002): jam sequestri placebant, Petr. 15, 4: cum sequestro recte agetur depositi sequestrariā actione, Dig. 16, 3, 12; cf.: in sequestrum depositi actio competit; si tamen cum sequestro convenit, ut, etc., ib. 16, 3, 5.—Subst.: sĕ-questrum, i (rarely sĕquestre, is), n., the deposit of a subject of dispute with a third person: vitulum hic apponite: ego servabo quasi sequestro detis: neutri reddibo, donicum res judicata erit haec, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 692 P.: sequestro data, id. Merc. 4, 3, 36 (735): sequestro ponere: quod apud sequestrem depositum erat, sequestro positum per adverbium dicebant, Gell. 20, 11, 5: aut ad arbitrum redditur aut sequestro ponitur, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 79 (1016); and in later jurid. Lat.: in sequestro deponere (aliquid), to put in sequestration, Dig. 16, 3, 6. —Form sequestre: pecuniam sequestre ponere, Dig. 16, 3, 33: in sequestri deponere, Ps.-Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 1, 12.—
• II Transf.
• • A In cases of bribery of judges, electors, etc., an agent or go-between, with whom the money promised was deposited (so always in Cic.; cf. internuntius): aut sequestres aut interpretes corrumpendi judicii, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; so (with interpres) id. ib. 2, 2, 44, § 108; Quint. 12, 8, 4: venditor et corruptor et sequester, Cic. Planc. 16, 38; 19, 48: aliquo sequestre in indice corrumpendo uti, id. Clu. 8, 25; 26, 72: adulter, impudicus, sequester, convicium est, non accusatio, id. Cael. 13, 30: candidatus per sequestrem agit, Sen. Ep. 118, 3: gregarii, Amm.15, 5, 31.—
  • B After the Aug. period, a mediator.
  • • 1 Lit.: Menenius Agrippa, qui inter patres et plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 12, 4: pacis, Sil. 6, 347; Luc. 10, 472: ego sequester et medius fui, Vulg. Deut. 5, 5.—In this sense also a fem. form, sĕquestra, ae, a mediatress: ubi nunc fidei pacisque sequestra Mater eras? Stat. Th. 7, 542: anus quaedam stupri sequestra et adulterorum internuntia, Ap. Met. 9, 15, 15; and, in apposition: bis senos pepigere dies et pace sequestrā Per silvas Teucri mixtique impune Latini Erravere jugis, i.e. under the protection of the truce, Verg. A. 11, 133; so, pace sequestrā, Stat. Th. 2, 425.—*
    • 2 Trop., a means of negotiating, i.e. price, etc.: qui suam pudicitiam sequestrem perjurii fieri passi sunt, Val. Max. 9, 1, 7.

sequester, tra, trum u. sequester, tris, tre (sequor), vermittelnd, I) adi.: pace sequestrā, durch Vermittelung des Friedens, Verg. Aen. 11, 133. Stat. Theb. 2, 425. – II) subst.: A) sequester, trī od. tris, m., a) Mittelsperson, die sich zur Bestechung der Gerichte u. des Volkes gebrauchen ließ, weshalb bei ihr auch das zu Bestechungen zu verwendende Geld niedergelegt wurde, in Sicilia sequester istius, interpres, confector negotiorum, Cic.: venditor et corruptor et sequester, Cic.: quo sequestre in illo iudice corrumpendo dicebatur esse usus, Cic.: candidatus per sequestrem agit, Sen. – bildl., suam pudicitiam sequestrem periurii fieri passi sunt, Belohnung des Meineides, von Richtern, die für sinnlichen Genuß den Klodius lossprachen, Val. Max. 9, 1, 7. – b) Mittelsperson, bei der das, worüber zwei Personen streiten (Geld usw.), inzwischen in Verwahrsam gelegt wird, nisi das sequestrum, Plaut.: apud sequestrem depositum, Gell. – c) übh., Mittelsperson, Vermittler, pacis, Sil. 6, 347. Lucan. 10, 472: fidei pacisque, Stat. Theb. 7, 542: Menenius Agrippa inter patres ac plebem publicae gratiae sequester fuit, Sen. ad Helv. 12, 5. – B) sequestra, ae, f., Mittelsperson, pacis, Stat.: stupri, Apul. – C) sequestrum, ī, n. od. sequestre, is, n., etwa Niederlegung einer streitigen Sache bei einer dritten Person, sequestro (Dat.), zur Verwahrung, deponere, niederlegen, Plaut.: dafür steht deponere in sequestri, Ascon., oder in sequestre, ICt.: so auch pecuniam sequestre ponere, ICt. (al. in sequestre).

sequester [CL] 1 (as sb. m. or f.): a third party to whom disputed property is entrusted pending a decision, depositary. b official who holds disputed property in trust during arbitration or litigation, sequesterer. c intermediary, mediator (also fig.); d (w. ref. to Christ). a ~er, byrga GlC S 231; ~er, susceptor pignorum Ib. S 286; 9‥ ~ra, byrgea WW.  b c880 meo ~ri, cum quo jam Pascha imminente pactum firmavi, do ducentas libras, ut ipse det et distribuat inter omnes illos ubi placitum est CS 555.  c dicens se spreta pace ~ra leto tenus pugnaturum Aldh. VirgP 38; matronam ‥ oratione ~ra de letifero sopore suscitavit Ib. 23; ibi papa ~er aderat et cum venerabili Anselmo legationes pacis inter dissidentes deferebat Ord. Vit. X 3 p. 15; ~er, id est mediator Neckam Corrog. 675; in episcopum denique consecratus nomen suum, sicut publice dicitur, operibus interpretari non cessat, fidelis ~er inter Deum et homines vota populi offert P. Blois Ep. 126. 378A; loveday makare, ~er, -ri PP; nowmpowre or wompowre, arbiter ‥ ~er PP.  d filius ‥ Dei pro pace de celo descendit ‥ ut pacem inter Deum et hominem ipse ~er factus mitteret, ut angelicam et humanam naturam reconciliaret Ord. Vit. XII 21 p. 380; ipsum inspice sponsum, qui mediator et ~er quidam est inter homines et Deum, quasi collum medium inter corpus et caput G. Hoyland Serm. 138B. 2 (as sb. n., in or sub ~ro ponere, dare, or sim.) to place (disputed property) in trust; (in or sub ~ro) in safe-keeping, sequestration. b (leg.) sequestration, confiscation, sequestrated goods. in exercenda jurisdictione officii conjudicem et sigillifero consigillatorem adjungens, ac emolumentum ex sigillis proveniens in ~ro quotidie poneretur P. Blois Ep. 200. 484D; hec cyrographa reposita sit in manu Willelmi de Waled’ quasi in ~ro ut expectetur adventum [archidiaconi] de Richemund’ Fines P. Ric. I 113; 1220 commissa fuit ei ecclesia in ~ro BNB III 369; 1362 pater ‥ promisit ‥ quod triginta tres solidos quattuor denarios quos episcopus arrestare sive sub ~ro teneri precepit ‥ restitui faciet Reg. Paisley 146; 1443 quod ‥ pacis perturbator ‥ pena pecuniaria est puniendus, hinc est quod bona ‥ Johannis et Nicholai posuimus sub ~ro ad valorem duodecim solidorum septem denariorum MunAcOx 531; c1520 fructus ‥ sub arto ~ro ecclesiastico in manibus parrochianorum ecclesiarum earundem ‥ ponatis Conc. Scot. I cclxxxvii.  b archidiaconi, post predictum tempus creandi, contenti sint tertia parte ~rorum, duabus partibus domino episcopo remanentibus Reg. S. Osm. II 20; 1258 tota pecunia proveniens de ~ro ecclesiarum ‥ reserventur ‥ donec ‥ discussum fuerit utrum ~rum dictarum ecclesiarum ad regem an ad episcopum Dunolmensem debeat pertinere Cl 461; 1314 cognovit se fregisse ~rum majoris et petiit graciam communitatis RR K's Lynn I 24; s1325 episcopus ‥ ~rum in ecclesiis appropriatis relaxavit Graystanes 40; pensionem annuam ‥ persolvendam sub pena ~ri in fructibus et proventibus ‥ ecclesie de Middilton Reg. S. Aug. 350; c1559 vocentur ‥ violatores ~ri, et puniantur Conc. Scot. II 158. 3 separate place (in quot. for reservation of the Host). consulunt quidam quod alius sacerdos hostiam illam cum calice ponat in ~ris altaris cum magna reverencia, atque, finita missa, sumatur a ministro ‥ et panis, vinum et aqua denuo ministrentur Cust. Westm. 222. 4 exclusion from the church. s1378 littera tantum profecit, ut et episcopum alliceret in amorem suum, et revocacionem interdicti, ~ri, vel excommunicacionis ‥ impetraret G. S. Alb. III 278. 5 (by assoc. w. sequax or sim.) disciple, follower. injurias complurimas, ut verus Christi ~er, patienter toleravit Blakman Hen. VI 19. 6 (as adj.): a of or pertaining to mediation, on which mediation occurs. b separate. c (understood as) following. a loveday, ~ra dies PP.  b omnia que minoribus imperavit in se prius quantum decuit excepit: ‥ non cibus accuratior, non ~er in illo tempore dormiendi locus, nec mensa Canon. G. Sempr. f. 59.  c sequax, ~er, sequens Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 558.

1 sĕquester, (14) tra, trum et sequester, tris, tre, ¶ 1 qui intervient, médiateur : pace sequestra Virg. En. 11, 133, la paix étant intervenue ¶ 2 n. subst. sequestrum, qqf. sequestre, dans les expr. : sequestro ponere, dare, remettre en dépôt, en séquestre : Pl. Merc. 737 ; d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 32 ; Gell. 20, 11, 5 ; in sequestri deponere Ps. Ascon. Verr. 2, 1, 12.

2 sequester, (12) tris ( Cic. ) ou tri ( Pl. , Dig. ), m. , ¶ 1 intermédiaire, entremetteur [recevant de lʼargent à charge de le distribuer pour acheter les juges, les électeurs, etc.]: Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 108 ; Clu. 25 ; 72 ; Planc. 38, etc. ¶ 2 médiateur : inter patres ac plebem publicæ gratiæ sequester Sen. Helv. 12, 5, médiateur dʼune réconciliation officielle entre les patriciens et la plèbe ¶ 3 dépositaire [dʼobjets ou dʼargent contestés] : Pl. Rud. 1004 ; Gell. 20, 11, 5.

sequester , tri vel tris. m.
受寄物者。中人。贿民者。催訟者。— pacis 勸和者。— fugae 同逃者。In sequestro deponere 壓人之物件。

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sequester , tra, trum. adj. gen. stri vel stris.
中人。Pax sequestra 暫停戰。

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sequester tris or tra, tre, adj.

• sequor, inter mediate, mediating, negotiating: iudex.—As substm., a depositary, trustee, mediator, agent of bribery, go-between: aut sequestres aut interpretes conrumpendi iudici.—As substf.: pace sequestrā, i. e. under the protection of a truce, V.