Definitions

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  • noun medicine An event or symptom that is not a seizure.
  • noun Failure to seize (goods, assets, etc.).

Etymologies

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non- +‎ seizure

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Examples

  • (Last year, Russian officials threatened to call off "From Russia: French and Russian Art Masterpieces of 1870-1925," which was scheduled to open at the Royal Academy in London, unless Britain provided nonseizure guarantees to protect the Shchukin and Morozov works from claims by the heirs.)

    The Pushkin Museum Plans Konstantin Akinsha 2008

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