Word Finder - impounded

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To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound

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His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.

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To hold back (for example water by a dam)

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To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate

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to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping.

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To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest

He recovered all the immense grants of crown lands and rents, impounded by the nobles during his minority.

Waste weirs resemble ordinary solid weirs in providing for the surplus discharge from a reservoir of an impounded river or mountain stream over their crest; but in reality they form part of a masonry reservoir dam for storing up water for water-supply or irrigation, kept purposely lower than the rest of the dam to allow the excess of water to escape down the valley (see Water-Supply).

If you go the auction or impounded sales route, remember that they may not have the exact make and model you want, but what they do sell is always priced well.

The act of 1849 also forbids bulland bearbaiting, or fighting between any kinds of animals; requires the provision of food and water to animals impounded; lays down regulations as to the treatment of animals sent for slaughter, and imposes a penalty for improperly conveying animals.

The chemists and bacteriologists do not appear to have finally determined the true nature and origin of this growth, but it is found in the impounded waters, and passes into the pipes, where it rapidly increases.

No refund will be given for any goods impounded by customs or local agents.

Penalty for rescuing livestock detained or animals impounded under Article 9 or 10 11.

Glaciolacustrine deposits indicate that during initial deglaciation the lower valley contained an ice-dammed lake, probably impounded by Scottish ice in outer Belfast Lough.

Impounded vans that are sold by law enforcement agencies across the country are easy to find online or by calling your local sheriff's office and asking when and where they'll be holding the next auction.

Permits for hydraulic mining are granted by the commission only when all gravel is satisfactorily impounded and no harm is done to the streams; and the improvement of these, which was impossible so long as limits were not set to hydraulic mining, can now be effectively advanced.

The city was supplied with water mainly from two sources; from the streams immediately to the west, and from the springs and rain impounded in reservoirs in the forest of Belgrade, to the north-west, very much on the system followed by the Turks.