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  2. Asset forfeiture - Wikipedia

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    Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities. In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation . It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime.

  3. Appropriation (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Appropriation in sociology is, according to James J. Sosnoski, "the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework...[the] arrogation, confiscation, [or] seizure of concepts." According to Tracy B Strong it contains the Latin root proprius , which, "carries the connotations not only of property , but also of proper, stable , assured and ...

  4. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Although there are accessible statistics of seizures at the federal level, it often happens that the totals of forfeitures from both criminals and innocent owners are combined; for example, one report was that in 2010, government seized $2.5 billion in assets from criminals and innocent owners by forfeiture methods, [15] and the totals of ...

  5. Confiscation - Wikipedia

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    Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law. [1]

  6. Does asset forfeiture fight crime, or is it just a money grab ...

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    Kansas law enforcement turns over some seizures to federal agencies for forfeiture proceedings in federal courts. Through a program known as “equitable sharing,” federal agencies then return a ...

  7. New safeguards on Kansas police seizures of property coming ...

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    The new law raises the standard of evidence for seizures, imposes stricter deadlines on law enforcement and requires the filing of affidavits of probable cause before forfeiture proceedings begin.

  8. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    Cases involving the search and seizure of allegedly obscene material Marcus v. Search Warrant, (1961) Quantity of Books v. Kansas (1964) Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia (1968) United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs (1971) United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film (1973) Roaden v. Kentucky (1973) Lo-Ji Sales, Inc., v. New York (1979 ...

  9. Civil Forfeiture Defendants Have the Right to a Jury Trial ...

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    Civil forfeiture defendants in Indiana have the right to a jury trial, the state's Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week, bolstering basic due process protections for those who have assets ...