Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impounding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impound \Im*pound"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impounded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Impounding}.]
To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to
hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle;
to impound a document for safe keeping.
But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots.
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impounding
n : placing private property in the custody of an officer of the
law [syn: {impoundment}, {internment}, {poundage}]
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