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Impound

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To shut up stray animals or distrained goods in a pound.

Thomas v. Harries, 1 Man. & G. 703; Goodsell v. Dunning, 34 Conn. 257; Howard v. Bartlett, 70 Vt. 314, 40 Atl. 825.

To take into the custody of the law or of a court. Thus, a court will sometimes impound a suspicious document produced at a trial.