text: Executive seizure of movables, e.g. by a police, customs or other government officer of weapons, drugs, prohibited literature, dangerous or offensive items, articles which infringe laws, regulations or industrial or intellectual property rights. Itnpound implies that the object is merely taken into custody; confiscate implies that its owner does not get it back. An alternative is take into cugtody, but this is used more of persons than of things. 8. Lay an embargo on See 5. 9. Levy distress See 4. 10. Levy execution Judicial or quasi-judicial seizure and sale, on the application of a money creditor, of the debtor's goods for the purpose of enforcing judgement against the debtor (if the process is judicial) and recovering the debt, i/ Note the expression to levy execution on or upon a person or goods. 5/ In England execution is levied by the writ of execution called vtit of fieri facias or fi.fa. (Langan 233-244). - 1151 - 11. Place in custody See 14. 12. Pjace/put an embargo on See 5. 13. Place/put in receivership/in the hands of a receiver See 14. 14. Seqnegtrate, sequester, sequestration (i) In internal law Judicial seizure on the application of a claimant or by the court of its own motion, or extrajudicial seizure by a party entitled to call for it (e.g. under a contract, debenture or other instrument), or seizure by operation of law, of property of any kind for the purpose of protecting and preserving it, for example because it belongs to an incompetent (minor, lunatic etc.) or insolvent, or is the subject of litigation, or its ownership is unknown, or it is good security for the satisfaction of a claim or judgement relating to something other than the property itself. In these cases seizure of the property does not normally entail selling 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing legal and administrative procedures related to the seizure and confiscation of movable assets, such as goods and property. The examples given include weapons, drugs, and intellectual property rights, which suggests a focus on law enforcement and regulation. The text also mentions judicial and quasi-judicial seizures, which implies a connection to the legal system. Based on this, it seems likely that the text is related to a category that deals with the administration of justice, property, and regulation.