Usage Note
beschlagnahmen is the legal act of seizing property by official authority (Staatsgewalt); police beschlagnahmen evidence, and courts can order assets seized as part of Vermögensabschöpfung (asset recovery).
Examples
"Die Polizei beschlagnahmte mehrere Computer als Beweismittel."
Natural Translation
The police seized several computers as evidence.
Literal Translation
The police seized several computers as evidence-items.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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