term:

Sequester

sequester vt

-tered
-ter·ing
[Anglo-French sequestrer, from Middle French, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise]
1 : to place (as a jury or witness) in seclusion or isolation NOTE: Juries are sequestered in order to preserve their impartiality. Witnesses are sequestered so that their testimony is not influenced by the testimony of prior witnesses.
2 a : to seize esp. by a writ of sequestration
b : to deposit (property) in sequestration
n : sequestration

Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.