A court-ordered process by which authorised commissioners seize and hold a person's real and personal property as a penalty for contempt of court, until the contempt is purged or until further order. It is one of the punishments available to the court on a finding of contempt, alongside committal to prison and a fine.
In Plain English
An extreme measure where the court takes control of all your property and money as punishment for ignoring a court order. They hold onto it until you do what you were told to do.
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