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sequestrator
an officer of the court responsible for effecting a SEQUESTRATION (1).Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
SEQUESTRATOR. One to whom a sequestration is made.
2. A depositary of this kind cannot exonerate himself from the care of
the thing sequestered in his hands, unless for some cause rendering it
indispensable that he should resign his trust. Louis. Code, art. 2947. See
Stakeholder. Sequestrators are also officers appointed by a court of
chancery, and named in a writ of sequestration. As to their powers and
duties, see 2 Madd. Ch. Pr. 205, 6; Blake's Ch. Pr. 103; Newl. Ch. Pr. 18,
19; 1 Harr. Ch. 191.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.