IMPOUNDING

impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage

(noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

impounding

present participle of impound

Noun

impounding (plural impoundings)

An act of impoundment.

Source: Wiktionary


IMPOUND

Im*pound" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.]

Definition: To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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