Where does seize collide?

In tribology, seizure is the catastrophic end-state of a sliding contact in which two surfaces, stripped of their protective lubricant film, make direct contact, adhere, and gall until relative motion stops altogether, as when an under-lubricated bearing or piston locks solid. Stachowiak and Batchelor's Engineering tribology treats the progression from scuffing to full seizure as adhesion and frictional heating overwhelm the load-carrying film. The referent is the frictional locking of moving parts, characterised by the load or temperature at which motion ceases, and it is unrelated to a batch of soap thickening or a court taking property.[1]

Unit

The load or temperature at which sliding surfaces lock solid

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Assessed by the critical load, contact temperature, and friction rise at which sliding stops in bench scuffing and seizure tests

In law, a seizure is the act by which a public authority takes possession or control of a person or property: an officer detaining an individual, police impounding evidence, or the state confiscating assets through forfeiture. Black's law dictionary defines it as the forcible taking of possession, a meaning central to search-and-seizure doctrine. The referent is a legal act of dispossession governed by statute and constitutional limits, distinct from mechanical locking or a soap batch setting, sharing only the root idea of a sudden taking hold.[2]

Unit

An act of taking legal possession or control

Recovery means

Not applicable

Measured by

Established by the legal act of taking possession and its conformity to statutory and constitutional requirements