To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
To encroach.
To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
To hold back.
To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
A place in which impounded things are stored.
That which has been impounded.
The state of being impounded.
Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.