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Sequestrating, vbl. n. [Sequestrat(e v.] The action of Sequestrat(e v. 1 b, putting aside, keeping apart (money); placing in safe keeping. — 1614 S. Leith Rec. 12/2.
John Ochiltree was choisen to be keeper and collector of the hail repairinge unlaws legasies & impost of the wyne according to the act of the sequestrating maid thereanent 1638 Elphinstone Mun. 194/1.
For sequestrating and putting of thame [sc. things] in ane lokfast chalmer
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