Editing Confiscation (section)

{{Short description|Legal form of seizure by a public authority}}
{{For|legal confiscation in the United States|search and seizure}}

'''Confiscation''' (from the [[Latin]] ''confiscatio'' "to consign to the ''fiscus'', i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of [[search and seizure|seizure]] by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of [[Tampering with evidence#Spoliation|spoliation]] under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Confiscation|volume=6|page=907|inline=1}}</ref>