noun. The act of confiscating, or appropriating as forfeited.

noun. A statute of 1862 (12 Stat., 589) authorizing the seizure of such property and its condemnation by proceedings in the United States courts. These acts constituted part of the “war measures” adopted during the civil war, and were upheld by the Supreme Court in 1870 (Miller v. U. S., 11 Wall., 268).

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

noun. The act or process of confiscating.

noun. seizure by the government

""Direct confiscation would complete this quickly, often at one stroke, while _confiscation through taxation permits the disappearance of capitalists 'property through a long-drawn-out process, proceeding in the exact degree in which the new order is established and its benevolent influence made perceptible."

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