Zum Wohl der Allgemeinheit vorgenommener Eingriff der öffentl. Gewalt in die vermögenswerten Rechte einzelner. Die in der Verfassung vorgesehene E. ist nur zulässig, wenn sie mit einer Entschädigung verbunden ist (zumeist in Geld).
ETYM Cf. French dépossession.
1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
2. The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title.
ETYM Prob. from the Old Fren. infin. oster, used substantively. Related to Oust.
1. A wrongful dispossession.
2. The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; SYN. ousting.
ETYM Latin sequestratio: cf. French séquestration.
Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized; SYN. requisition.