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his real, and to detain them, fubjeft to the order of the 

 court. It ifTues on the return of the ferjeant at arms, 

 in which it was certified that the defendant had fecreted 

 hinifelf. 



Sequeftrations were firft introduced by fir Nicholas 

 Bacon, lord keeper, in the reign of queen Elizabeth ; 

 before which the court found fome difficulty in enforc- 

 ing its procefs and decrees: and they do not feem to be 

 in the nature of procefs to bring in the defendant, but 

 only intended to enforce the performance of the court's 

 decree. 



Sequestration, in London, is made upon an adlion of 

 debt : in which cafe, the aftion being entered, the officer 

 goes to the rtiop or warehoufe of the defendant, when 

 there is nobody within, and puts a padlock upon the door, 

 &c. ufing thefe words, " I do fequefler this warehoufe, 

 and the goods and mercliandifes therein of the defendant 

 in the adion, to the ufe of the plaintiff," &c. and having 

 put on his feal, makes return of it to the compter ; and 

 after four court days, the pla-ntifF may have judgment to 

 open the doors, and appraife the goods by a ferjeant, who 

 takes a bill of appraifenient, having two freemen to appraife 

 them, for which they are to be fworn at the next court 

 holden for that compter ; and then the officer puts his hand 

 to the bill of appraifement, and the court giveth judgment. 

 However, the defendant in the adlion may put in bail be- 

 fore fatisfaftion, and io dilTolve tiie fequeftration ; and 

 after fatisfaftion may put in bail ad difprobandum debtlum, 

 &c. 



Sequestration, Sequejiratlo-, in Chsmtjiry, a term ufed 

 by fome writers to expreis feparation. 



SEQUESTRO HABENno, in La-w, a writ judicial 

 for the dilcharging a fequeftration of the profits of a 

 church-benefice, granted by the bifhop at the king's com- 

 mandment, in order to compel the parfou to appear at the 

 fuit of another. The parfon, upon his appearance, may 

 have this writ for the releafc of the fequeftration. 



SEQUIN, Zecain, Zecchino, a gold coin ftruck at 

 Venice, Genoa, Rome, Milan, Piedmont, and Tufcany, 

 and in feveral parts of the grand fignior's ftates. 



Ablancourt derives the word from Cizicum, or C'tztceni- 

 cum; as fuppofiog the feqnin firlt (truck at Cizicum : Me- 

 nage, from the- Italian -zecchino, of sfrca, the name of the 

 mint at Venice. At Florence, pieces of 3 fequins are called 

 Rufponi (fee Rusroxo) ; zecchini or fequins, called Gig- 

 liati, weigh 2 d.nari 23 grani, and are worth 13' lire or 

 20 paoli. The Roman and Genoa fequins circulated here 

 are valued at 13 lire; Venetian fequins at 13' lire. The 

 fequin Gigliato weighs 53J- En.;h(h grains, and the gold is 

 23^ carats fine : it is therefore worth 9^. (>d. fterling. At 

 Rome 100 francefconi, or 50 zecchini, are exchanged for 

 100 fcudi Romani, more or lefs. At Genoa, the fequins 

 are valued at 13 lire 10 foldi. In 1807 the Roman fequins 

 were valued here at 14/., and the Venetian at 14/. loi. 

 The weight of the fequin at Genoa is 76 grai s of gold 

 23^ carats fine, and its value is ()s. ^d. At Leghorn the 

 fequin is current for 13 lire 6 foldi 8 denari, of moneta 

 buona, and fur 13 lire 18 foldi 3 denari of moneta langa. 

 At Lucca in Italy the fequin palTes for 14-' lire: Venetian 

 fequins arc taken at the fame as other Italian fequins, and 

 German ducats at 14 lire 6 foldi. In tiic ifland of Malta, 

 Venetian fequins pafs for 6 fcudi : the fciido current money 

 being worth lQ\d. fterling. At Marfeilles, Itahan fequins 

 ■pafs for 1 1 livres 2 fous, more or lels. At Milan, fequins, 

 weighing 2 denari 20,^ grani, are valued at 15 lire 4 foldi. 

 At Parma the fequin is valued at 45 lire, the lira being 

 worth 7.ld. nearly. 



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At Rome, the zecchini or fequins are current at 21^ 

 paoli, with their doubles and halves in proportion. The 

 fequin is to weigh 2 denari 21 \^s grains, or 52 V Englilh 

 grains, and the gold is 234^ carats fine ; fo that it contains 

 little more than 52 grains of pure gold, and is therefore 

 worth gs. ^d. fterling. At Tunis, a Venetian fequin palies 

 for 2 piaftres, 32 afpers, more or lefs. At Venice, the 

 gold coins of the old republic are zecchini or fequins, 

 with halves and quarters. The fequin is commonly reckon- 

 ed at 22 lire, but it bears a fludluating agio, which in the 

 year 1805 was "i,"] pir cent.: 68^ zecchini or fequms are 

 to contain a Venetian mark of fine gold ; and are laid to 

 have no alloy ; the quantity of alloy, however, is fmall and 

 uncertain. The Venetian iequin weighs 54 Englifli grains 

 nearly, and it is therefore worth Cjs. (>d. fterling. 



The aftay of the Genoa fequin is better than the Englifh 

 ftandard of 22 carats, and its value, &c. according to the 

 mint price of gold in England, i)/i. 3/. \']s. \o)jd. per oz. 

 is as follows : v'fz. the aflay 1 carat 3i grains, weight 

 2 dwt. 5I grs., contents in pure gold 53.4 grs., and value in 

 fterling 9/. ^\d. The iequin of Milan is better than the 

 Englifh ftandard ; its alTay is i car. 3 grs., its weight 

 2 dwt. jf grs., its contents in pure gold 53.2 grs., and its 

 flerling value is 9/. ^d. The fequin, or two-ducat piece 

 of Naples, of 1762, is v/orfe than Eng. ftand. ; its aflay 

 is I car. 2J grs., weight i dwt. 2oJgr., contents in pure 

 gold 37.4 grs., and fterling value l^d. The fequin of 

 Piedmont (and half fequin in proportion) is better than 

 Eng. ftand. ; its aflay is I car. 25grs., weight 2 dwt. sfgrs., 

 contents in pure gold 52.9 grs., and value 91. 4^^/. The 

 fequin of Rome, coined before 1760, is better than Eng. 

 ftand. ; its aflay is 1 car. 2 grs., weight 2 dwt. 4^ grs. 

 contents in pure gold 51.4 grs., and value 9/. i\d. The 

 aflay of the fequin coined fince 1760 is I car. 35 grs., 

 weight 2 dwt. 4^ grs., contents in pure gold 52.2 grs., and 

 value 9f. 3(/. 



The zecchino, or fequin of Tufcany, is better than the 

 Englifli ftandard ; its aflay is I car. 3|- grs., its weight 

 2 dwt. 5f grs., its contents iu pure gold 53.6 grs., and 

 its value <)s. l\d. The zecchino or fequin (the half and 

 quarter in proportion) of Venice is better than the Eng- 

 lish ftandard ; its an"ay is i car. 3^ grs., its weight 2 dwts. 

 6 grs., its contents in pure gold 53.6 grs., and its value 

 9.. 5</. 



The impreffions on the Italian fequins are as follow : 

 on that of Genoa, St. John the Baptift holding a crofs ; 

 legend, NON KL'RREXiT MAJOR, ». e. a greater has not 

 arifen, and the date ; reverfe, the arms of Genoa with a 

 crown ; legend. Dux et Gub. Reipub. Genu. i. e. doge and 

 governor of the republic of Genoa. On that of Milan, 

 the head of the reigning emperor of Germany, with name 

 and title thus ; jo.sep. ii. d. g. r. imp. s. aug. g. h. et b. 

 REX. A. A. i.e. Jofeph the fecond, by the grace of God, em- 

 peror of Rome, ever auguft, king of Germany, Hungary, 

 and Bohemia, archduke of Auftria ; reverfe, arms of Milan ; 

 legend, mediolam et mantu^ dux, duke of Milan and 

 Mantua. On that of Venice, a man holding a crofs, and 

 another kneeling before him with the doge's name, as ALOY. 

 Moc. (Aloyfius Mocenigo,) and the letters s. m. v. e. n. e. 

 one above the other near the edge of the piece, /. e. SanSus 

 Marcus Venetus ; alio the letters D. v. x. Dux, duke or 

 doge, placed in the fame manner above the kneeling figure : 

 reverfe, a whole length figure of St. Mark, holding a book, 

 and furrounded with ftarg ; legend, siT T. XPE. DAT. Q. 

 tu regj.5 istb duca, fuppofed by Muratori in his " An- 

 tiquitates Italicae Medii ^vi," to denote. Sit tibi Chrijle 

 datum, ^uod (vel quia) tu regis Jfte ducat urn, u e. To thee, 



O Chritt, 



