• (v. t.) To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. • (v. t.) To shake off; to discard. • (v. t.) To seize and detain by law, as goods.
Ex·cuss' transitive verb [ Latin excussus . past participle of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Confer Quash .] 1. To shake off; to discard. [ R.] « To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds.» Bp. S...
to take possession of (goods) by legal authority.