Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of impounding or the state of being impounded.
- noun A body of water, such as a reservoir, made by impounding.
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- noun A
body of water impounded within an enclosure, such as a reservoir - noun The act of
impounding - noun The state of being impounded
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- noun placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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Examples
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• No facilities exist for long-term impoundment of animals kept as evidence.
Ed Sayres: ASPCA Announces Groundbreaking Research Study Underscoring Importance of Animal Cruelty Law Enforcement Ed Sayres 2010
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Home of the world-record muskie, this remote impoundment is beginning to make its name as a bass fishery.
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This Colorado River impoundment is yet another fishery recovering from drought.
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After a clear statement in Section 1 that impoundment is unconstitutional, subsequent sections say that nevertheless the President is authorized to commit this unconstitutional act for periods up to seventy days.
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For Nixon, impoundment is a means of taking from Congress the determination of national priorities.
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After a clear statement in Section 1 that impoundment is unconstitutional, subsequent sections say that nevertheless the President is authorized to commit this unconstitutional act for periods up to seventy days.
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For Nixon, impoundment is a means of taking from Congress the determination of national priorities.
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• No facilities exist for long-term impoundment of animals kept as evidence.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ed Sayres 2010
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The other Shannon options involve taking water from Lough Ree, Lough Derg and the Parteen Basin, with combinations of bog storage, "impoundment" - water storage at a location in the Wicklow mountains, or direct pumping to Dublin.
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⢠No facilities exist for long-term impoundment of animals kept as evidence.
Ed Sayres: ASPCA Announces Groundbreaking Research Study Underscoring Importance of Animal Cruelty Law Enforcement Ed Sayres 2010
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