Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of surrendering something as a forfeit.
- n. Something that is forfeited; a penalty.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of forfeiting; the losing of some moral or legal right or privilege, as estate, office, effects, honor, or credit, through one's own fault.
- n. Specifically, in law, the divesting of property, or the termination or failure of a right, by or in consequence of a wrong, default, or breach of a condition.
- n. That which is forfeited; a forfeit; a fine or mulct.
Wiktionary
- n. law A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
- n. law The loss of forfeit property.
- n. law The property lost as a forfeit.
- n. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
- n. That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- n. something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
- n. a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
Examples
“Mr. Fisxwas for rtrikingouL He thought the term forfeiture implied that the importer had a. right till divested by statute.”
“But in nearly all states and at the federal level, the legal standard of proof the government must meet for civil forfeiture is lower than the strict standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt” required for criminal convictions .....”
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture
“Criminal asset forfeiture is different from a replevin action.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture
“Worral, who describes himself as agnostic on the issue, concluded that “a substantial proportion of law enforcement agencies are dependent on civil asset forfeiture” and that “forfeiture is coming to be viewed not only as a budgetary supplement, but as a necessary source of income.””
“Asset forfeiture is a grave problem in America today, often used to persecute the poor, politically disfavored, and racial minorities.”
The 1990's Bubble Economy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The indictment also seeks $80 million in forfeiture from Moore and Netschi.”
The Huffington Post: Bill Singer: ATM Investment Scheme Guilty Plea
“During the whole of that period the same sacrificial rites were observed as on the first day, and they were expressly admonished that the smallest breach of any of the appointed observances would lead to the certain forfeiture of their lives [Le 8: 35].”
“Asset forfeiture is a glaring example of the state superceding individual rights by seizing property if it’s suspected to have been used in a crime, whether or not the owner is charged with, let alone convicted of, anything.”
The 1990's Bubble Economy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“But it underlined one of the problems of forfeiture, which is that various Police Agencies get to buy themselves expensive toys.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture
“The forfeiture is another blow to the manufacturing industry in the Carolinas.”
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Incorrectum
Mistakes, Errors and Accidents.
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miltonic
liberty, froth-becurlèd, host, huge-bellied, aghast, rills, gladsom, wrathfull, ordain, thunder-clasping, ruddy, warble and 264 more...
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me + student loans =
You know that feeling when you open your wallet and all you can find inside are ATM receipts?
When being a squatter is the least of your worries and that thing called dignity is shove...destitution, beggary, impecuniosity, indigence, mendicancy, poor, impoverishment, pauperism, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty and 168 more...
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Tristram Shandy, Chapter 15
Some words following upon each other's succession in a legal contract in this book I've just started.
let, suit, trouble, disturbance, molestation, discharge, hindrance, forfeiture, eviction, vexation, interruption, incumbrance and 73 more...
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brtom ... on mans behalf
Patron or Intercessor none appeerd,
Much less that durst upon his own head draw
The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set.
Milton, Paradise Lost III Dec 18, 2006