Definition of SEQUESTER
1 a: to set apart : segregate b: seclude, withdraw
2 a: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b: to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
3 : to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex
As per an earlier post by a Freeper (whose name I can't recall), the MSM should refer to the current sequester as "the Obama sequester," as the infamously did to the so-called "Bush tax cuts."
Said it before & I’ll say it again...we are simply NOT a nation of law anymore. And, we are quickly being relegated to the garbage heap of nations...