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Definition of Forfeiting
1. forfeit [v] - See also: forfeit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forfeiting
Literary usage of Forfeiting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... or compounder, on pain of forfeiting 200/ jurisdiction of such retailers of
spirituous liquors as they have over alehouse keepers. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... who had acquired the reputation of a statesman without forfeiting that of a
saint. Synods in Palestine and Bithynia were opposed to the synods of Egypt. ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"This corporation refused to pay, and the state, through its district attorney
and attorney general, commenced this suit for the purpose of forfeiting its ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... any horses, mares, cattle, sheep, or hogs, under pam of forfeiting all the
goods, &c., and all tlie boats, ..."
5. By-laws of Private Corporations by Louis Boisot (1902)
"... forfeiting stock. § 66. Apart from the right of regulating the transfer of
stock, and the power to create a lien on it for debts due to the corporation, ..."
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