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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sequester, Sequestre, n. [ME and e.m.E. sequester (c1380), L. sequester a person with whom the parties in a suit deposit the thing contested until the case has been decided.] One who mediates between opposing parties in a dispute; a mediator. —1613 P. Forbes Commentarie upon the Revelatioun (1614) 234.
The Romans were not long before Christ, but drawne in as sequestres by the Jewes owne partialities 1646 Baillie II 405.
To bring … that poore towne and colledge to a better harmony; whereof I would desyre … to have the good hap to be its sequester
