What is CONFISCATION? Definition of CONFISCATION in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
The act of confiscating; or of condemning and adjudging to the public treasury.
"Confiscation" is to be distinguished from "condemnation" as prize. The former is the act of the sovereign against a rebellious subject; the latter is the act of a belligerent against another belligerent. Confiscation may be effected by such means, summary or arbitrary, as the sovereign, expressing its will through lawful channels, may please to adopt. Condemnation as prize can only be made in accordance with principles of law recognized in the common jurisprudence of the world. Both are proceedings in rem, but confiscation recognizes the title of the original owner to the property, while in prize the tenure of the property is qualified, provisional, and destitute of absolute ownership. Winchester v. U. S., 14 Ct.C1. 48.
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