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■Sepulchre alio carae into England. This order, was, however, fup-
prefled by Pope Innocent VIII. who gave its revenues
^tiou' " and ehefts to that of our Lady of Bethlehem : which
' 1 alfo becoming extinct, they were bellowed on the knights
of St John of Jerufalem. But the fuppreffion did not
take cited in Poland, where they Hill iubfift, as alfo in
feveral provinces of Germany. Thefe canons follow the
rule of St Augultine.
Knights of the Holy SEPULCHRE, a military order,
■ eltablithed in Paleftine about the year inn.
The knights of this order in Flanders chofe Phi¬
lip II. king of Spain, for their maker, in 1558, and
afterwards his fon ; but the grand-mailer of the order
of Malta prevailed on the laid to refign ; and when
• afterwards the duke of Nevers affumed the fame qua¬
lity in France, the fame grand-mafter, by his intereft
and credit, procured a like renunciation of him, and
a confirmation of the union of this order to that of
Malta.
SEOUANI, a people anciently forming a part of
Gallia Celtica, but annexed to Belgica by Auguilus,
feparated from the Helvetii by Mount Jura, with the
Rhine on the eaft (Strabo), bordering on the iEdui
and Seguftiani to the fouth, and Lingones to the weft
(Tacitus). Now Franche Compte.
SEQUESTRATION, in Common Law, is fetting
slide the thing in controverfy from the poffeffion of
both the parties that contend for it. In which fenfe
its is either voluntary, as when done by the confent of
the parties ) or neceflary, as where it is done by the
judge, of his own authority, whether the parties will or
not.
Sequestration, in the Civil Law, is the act of the
ordinary, difpofing of the goods and chattels of one de-
■ ceafed, whofe eftate no man will meddle with.
A widow is alfo faid to fequeiter, when {he difclaims
having any thing to do with the eftate of her deceafed
hufband.
Among the Romanifts, in queltions of marriage, where
the wife complains of impotency in the hufband, Ihe is
to be fequeftered into a convent, or into the hands of
matrons, till the procefs be determined.
Sequestration is alfo ufed for the a£t of gathering
the fruits of a benefice void, to the ufe of the next in¬
cumbent.
Sometimes a benefice is kept under fequeftration for
many years, when it is of fo fmall value, that no cler¬
gyman fit to ferve the cure will be at the charge of ta¬
king it by inftitution; in which cafe the fequeftration is
committed either to the curate alone, or to the curate and
church-wardens jointly. Sometimes the profits of a liv-
-ing in controverfy, cither by the conlent of the parties,
or the judge’s authority, are fequeftered and placed for
fafety in a third hand, till the fuit is determined, a mi-
nifter being appointed by the judge to ferve the cure,
and allowed a certain falary out of the profits. Some¬
times the profits of a living are fequeftered for negledf of
duty, for dilapidations, or for fatisfying the debts of the
incumbent.
Sequestration, in chancery, is a commiflion ufually
directed to feven perfons therein named, empowering
them to feize the defendant’s perfonal eftate, and the pro¬
fits of his real, and to detain them, fubject to the order
of the court. It iffues on the return of the ferjeant at
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arms, wherein it is certified, that the defendant had fe- Scqueftra
creted himfelf. tion,
Sequeftrations were firft introduced by Sir Nicholas
Bacon, lord keeper in the reign of Queen Elizabeth j
before which the court found fome ddhculty in enfor¬
cing its procefs and decrees 5 and they do not fetrn to be
in the nature of procefs to bring in the defendant, but
only intended to enforce the. performance of the court’s
decree.
A fequeftration is alfo made, in London, Upon an
a chon of debt ■, the eourfe of proceeding in which cafe
is this : The addon being entered, the officer goes to
the defendant’s ffiop or v/arehoufa, when no perfon is
there, and takes a padlock, and hangs it on the door,
uttering thefe words : “ I do fequefter this warehoufe,
and the goods and merchandife therein, of the defend¬
ant in this action, to the ufe of the plaintiff,” &e. after
which he lets on Ins feal, and makes a return of the le-
queftration in the compter 5 and four days being paffed
after the return made, the plaintiff may, at the next
court, have judgment to open the Ihop or warehoufe,
and to have the goods appraifed by two freemen, who
are to be fworn at the next court held for that comp¬
ter ; and then the ferjeant puts his hand to the bill of
appraifement, and the court grants judgment thereon j
but yet the defendant may put in bail before fatisfac-
tion, and by that means diffolve the fequeftration \ and
after fatisfadlion, may put in bail to difprove the debt,
&c.
In the time of the civil wars, fequeftration was ufed
for a feizing of the eftates of delinquents for the ufe of
the commonwealth.
Sequestration, in Scots Law. See Law Index.
SEQUIN, a gold coin, ftruck at Venice, and in
feveral parts of the Grand Signior’s dominions. In
Turkey, it is called dahob, or piece of gold, and ac¬
cording to Volney is in value about 6s. 3d. fterling.
It varies, however, confiderably in its value in different
countries. At Venice it is equal to about 9s. 2d. fter-
lins'-
The Venetian fequins are in great requeft in Syria,
from the finenefs of their llandard, and the pradlice
they have of employing them for Avomen’s trinkets.
The faihion of thefe trinkets does not require much art;
the piece of gold is limply pierced, in order to lulpend
it by a chain, likewife of gold, which Hows upon the
breaft. The more lequins that are attached to this
chain, and the greater the number of thefe chains, the
more is a woman thought to be ornamented. This is
the favourite luxury, and the emulation of all ranks.
Even the female peafants, for want of gold, wear
piaftres or filver pieces ; but the women of a certain
rank difdain filver ; they will accept of nothing but fe¬
quins of Venice, or large Spanilh pieces, and crufadoes.
Some of them wear 260 or 300, as well lying flat, as
ftrung one on another, and hung near the forehead, at
the edge of the head-drefs. It is a real load : but they
do not think they can pay too dearly for the fatisfac-
tion of exhibiting this treafure at the public bath, be¬
fore a crowd of rivals, to awaken whofe jealoufy confti-
tutes their chief pleafure. The effe<ft of this luxury on
commerce, is the withdrawing confiderable fums from
circulation, which remain dead ; befides, that when any
of thefe pieces return into common ufe, having loft
their