Forfeiture Definition

fôrfĭ-cho͝or, -chər
forfeitures
noun
forfeitures
The act of forfeiting.
Webster's New World
The act of surrendering something as a forfeit.
American Heritage
Anything forfeited; penalty or fine.
Webster's New World
A loss of property to penalize a failure to act in accordance with a legal requirement.
American Heritage
The loss or compulsory transfer to another, without compensation, of a right or property interest, usually as a penalty.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Forfeiture

Noun

Singular:
forfeiture
Plural:
forfeitures

Forfeiture Sentence Examples

  • The law merely prescribes the forfeiture of all remission.

  • There is no power in section 9 to order the forfeiture of horses.

  • Proselytes to Judaism were condemned either to death or to forfeiture of their property.

  • Relief from forfeiture and rights of re-entry are now regulated chiefly by the Conveyancing Acts 1881 and 1882.

  • In 1745 he published an able treatise on the law of forfeiture for high treason, in defence of his father's treatment of the Scottish Jacobite peers; and in the following year he was called to the bar.

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FFOFOR

Words Ending With

EREURE

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