Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
1 So Rupert went unpunished except by banishment and the impounding of his rents.
2 Few colonial enactments have occasioned more vexation than the impounding laws.
3 Just don't bother impounding the vehicles because it's never going to stop rev heads.
4 Yet he burst out at once, 'I thought you people were impounding her at Ostia!'
5 Other offences which could also lead to impounding include: Driving on the shoulder of the road.
6 EU member states can fine airlines for non-compliance or carry out other reprisals including impounding aircraft.
7 He said these have yielded positive results, including several arrests and the impounding of numerous fuel tankers.
8 And we're impounding Sutton's car for clues.
9 If the airlines do not pay the fine, other theoretical EU counter-measures include impounding aircraft, IATA's Steele said.
10 The third was arrested for allegedly impounding a city resident's car for no apparent reason and crashing it.
11 Taxi bosses in the Western Cape are disgruntled because of leadership concerns and the impounding of their vehicles.
12 The last thing I needed was for Murphy to go poking around in my office, maybe impounding things.
13 He felt a sense of relief, however, that the authorities had acted so promptly in impounding Lyne's books.
14 These so-called "Carets" are the thoughtful provision for the impounding of a season's supply of water.
15 One of the pieces went tumbling and, instead of impounding it, my visitor handed it back to me.
16 When he came to power he waged war on modernism, banning art critics and impounding "degenerate" art.
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