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Keywords: Arrest, Custody, Takes, Something, Judgment

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the act of taking of a person by force

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Any taking into possession, custody, or control. Property may be seized, but so may people. An arrest is one form of seizure.

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the taking of property or the taking of a person for arrest or investigation.

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the process of taking something that has been found.

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The official or legal taking of something.

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the process by which a person authorized under the law to do so takes into custody the property, real property or personal property, of a person against whom a judgment has been issued or might be issued. The seized property may be held to guarantee a judgment or be sold to satisfy a judgment.

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