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Webster 1913 Edition
Forfeiture
For′fei-ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
[F.
forfeiture
, LL. forisfactura
.] 1.
The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
Under pain of
foreiture
of the said goods. Hakluyt.
2.
That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
Syn. – Fine; mulct; amercement; penalty.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forfeiture
FOR'FEITURE
,Noun.
1.
The act of forfeiting; the losing of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition or other act. In regard to property, forfeiture is a loss of the right to possess, but not generally the actual possession, which is to be transferred by some subsequent process. In the feudal system, a forfeiture of lands gave him in reversion or remainder a right to enter.2.
That which is forfeited; an estate forfeited; a fine or mulet. The prince enriched his treasury by fines and forfeitures.Definition 2024
forfeiture
forfeiture
English
Noun
forfeiture (countable and uncountable, plural forfeitures)
- (law) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
- (law) The loss of forfeit property.
- (law) The property lost as a forfeit.
- Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
Translations
law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property
law: the loss of forfeit property
law: the property lost as a forfeit
any loss occasioned by one's own actions