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In law, the act of seizing property without compensation and submitting it to the public treasury. Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be confiscated by the police. Additionally, government action (e.g., zoning or rate setting) that reduces the value of property to an owner so as to make it nearly worthless has been held to constitute confiscation. See also eminent domain, search and seizure.

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No references found	Now it is the proper business of the public assembly to determine concerning war and peace, making or breaking off alliances, to enact laws, to sentence to death, banishment, or confiscation of goods, and to call the magistrates to account for their behaviour when in office. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context That he had watched the times for a time of action, and that they had shifted and struggled until the time had gone by, and the nobility were trooping from France by every highway and byway, and their property was in course of confiscation and destruction, and their very names were blotting out, was as well known to himself as it could be to any new authority in France that might impeach him for it. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context Cornelius was a scholar, and was wealthy, -- at least he had been before the confiscation of his property; Cornelius belonged to the merchant-bourgeoisie, who were prouder of their richly emblazoned shop signs than the hereditary nobility of their heraldic bearings. The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	Configuration configuration file configuration interaction configuration item configuration management configuration programming Configuration Space configuration-interaction method configurational free energy Configurations configure confined aquifer confined charge confined concrete confined explosion confined flow confinement confining bed confining liquid confining pressure confirmation confirmation message confirmation well confirmed confiscate confiscation Confiscation of Land Confiscation of Property Confiture conflagration hazard conflation Conflict conflict alert Conflict of Laws Conflict of Laws, Rules of the Conflict, Artistic ConflictNet confluence Confluence Step confluent hypergeometric function confluent vent Confocal Conics confocal coordinates confocal laser-scanning fluorescence microscopy confocal microscope confocal quadrics confocal resonator conformability conformable Conformable Bedding conformable matrices	confirms confirms confirms confirms confirms CONFIS CONFIS confiscable confiscate confiscate confiscate confiscate confiscate confiscate from confiscated confiscated confiscated Confiscated Assets Trust Fund confiscated goods confiscated property confiscates confiscates confiscates confiscating confiscating confiscating Confiscatio Confiscatio Confiscatio Confiscatio confiscation Confiscation of Land Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 Confiscation of property Confiscation of property Confiscation of property Confiscation of property Confiscation, Expropriation, Nationalization and Deprivation confiscations confiscations confiscations confiscations confiscator confiscator confiscator confiscators confiscators confiscators confiscatory confiscatory confiscatory Confiserie Des Hautes-Vosges confit Confitent Confiteor Confiteors confits confiture confiture Confix confixation

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Now it is the proper business of the public assembly to determine concerning war and peace, making or breaking off alliances, to enact laws, to sentence to death, banishment, or confiscation of goods, and to call the magistrates to account for their behaviour when in office.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

That he had watched the times for a time of action, and that they had shifted and struggled until the time had gone by, and the nobility were trooping from France by every highway and byway, and their property was in course of confiscation and destruction, and their very names were blotting out, was as well known to himself as it could be to any new authority in France that might impeach him for it.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

Cornelius was a scholar, and was wealthy, -- at least he had been before the confiscation of his property; Cornelius belonged to the merchant-bourgeoisie, who were prouder of their richly emblazoned shop signs than the hereditary nobility of their heraldic bearings.

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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