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sei·zure /'sē-zhər/ n: the act, fact, or process of seizing: asa: the seizing of property that involves meaningful interference with a person's possessory interest in itseizure of evidence found in plain view see also plain view 2◇ The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. It requires that a warrant may issue only upon probable cause, and that the warrant particularly describe the persons or things to be seized. Not all seizures, however, require a warrant. A seizure that constitutes an arrest requires probable cause to be reasonable, and a stop usu. requires reasonable suspicion of the particular person or persons stopped, although stops like those at drunk driving checkpoints may be justified by a plan that places explicit and neutral limitations on the conduct of police officers with no requirement of individualized suspicion.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adverse possession, apprehension (act of arresting), appropriation (taking), arrest, arrogation, disseisin, forfeiture (act of forfeiting), garnishment, infringement, levy, occupation (possession), onset (assault), plunder, sequestration, taking
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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The taking of physical evidence or property by law enforcement officials. Siezed evidence can include taking blood for a drug test to impounding a car used in a robbery. In most cases, the police must obtain a search warrant before they can seize personal property.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The act of confiscating a person's property by legal process; a forcible taking of property into custody by a court.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Forcible possession; a grasping, snatching, or putting in possession.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Forcible possession; a grasping, snatching, or putting in possession.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.the taking by law enforcement officers of potential evidence in a criminal case. The constitutional limitations on seizure are the same as for search. Thus, evidence seized without a search warrant or without "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed and without time to get a search warrant, cannot be admitted in court, nor can evidence traced through the illegal seizure.See also: fruit of the poisonous tree search and seizure search warrant
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
