to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude. to remove or separate; banish; exile. to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate: The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached. ... an act or instance of sequestering; separation; isolation.

What does it mean when someone is sequestered?

1 : to place (as a jury or witness) in seclusion or isolation. Note: Juries are sequestered in order to preserve their impartiality. Witnesses are sequestered so that their testimony is not influenced by the testimony of prior witnesses. 2a : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration.

Can a person be sequestered?

Sequester means the same as sequestrate. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. ...