Lexic.us

Definition of Forfeiture

1. Noun. Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty.

2. Noun. A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something. "The contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time"

3. Noun. The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc..

Definition of Forfeiture

1. n. 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.

Definition of Forfeiture

1. Noun. (legal) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) The loss of forfeit property. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) The property lost as a forfeit. ¹

4. Noun. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forfeiture

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forfeiture

forfairn forfairs forfalture forfaltures forfare forfault forfaults forfeit forfeitability forfeitable

forfeited forfeiter forfeiters forfeiting forfeits forfeiture (current term) forfeiture fund forfeiture funds forfeitures forfend

forfended forfending forfends forfered forfete forfeted forfetes forfeting forfex forfexes

Literary usage of Forfeiture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"forfeiture.—forfeiture is a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act, or negligence, in the owner of lands, tenements, or hereditaments; ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"But the forfeiture is saved if the seaman repents, makes compensation or offer of amends, ... The master has power to remit a forfeiture, and the penalty of ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
""A court of equity has power to relieve a party against forfeiture or ... The forfeiture in this case was for failure to pay an assessment for a sewer. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"forfeiture had not been passed, and to ascertain and set off all payments or other provisions made to or for euch bands or any members thereof since the act ..."

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