| At that time, the modern nation-state began to regularize taxation and renounce the use of surprise plunder and confiscation as fiscal devices. |
| It is simply one weapon in the armoury of those seeking to enforce the confiscation order. |
| The director said compulsory purchase did not mean confiscation but acquisition at market value. |
| Under the legislation, the object of confiscation is not punishment but the forfeiture of an illicit profit. |
| This includes confiscation of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein. |
| The first argument depends upon the mechanics involved in the making of a confiscation order. |
