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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

confiscatio

The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The

confiscations

following a subdued rebellion.

Hallam.

Noun.

The act of condemning as forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury; as the goods of a criminal who has committed a public offense. Ezra 7. 26.