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Confiscating

Scope note

Seizing and appropriating real estate or other property to the public domain as a punishment for breach of the law. For the appropriation of real estate accompanying the declaration of its unfitness for habitation or use, use "condemning."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300079201

Broader Terms used

<governmental functions>

Term used for

confiscation

Created

13yrs ago

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