Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of surrendering something as a forfeit.
- noun A loss of property to penalize a failure to act in accordance with a legal requirement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- noun That which is forfeited; a forfeit; a fine or mulct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A legal
action whereby a person loses allinterest in theforfeit property . - noun law The loss of forfeit property.
- noun law The property lost as a forfeit.
- noun Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- noun something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
- noun a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
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Examples
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Mr. Fisxwas for rtrikingouL He thought the term forfeiture implied that the importer had a. right till divested by statute.
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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 2010
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The indictment also seeks $80 million in forfeiture from Moore and Netschi.
Bill Singer: ATM Investment Scheme Guilty Plea Bill Singer 2010
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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.”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » U.S. v. One 1987 Jeep Wrangler 2010
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The indictment also seeks $80 million in forfeiture from Moore and Netschi.
Bill Singer: ATM Investment Scheme Guilty Plea Bill Singer 2010
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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.”
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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.”
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Criminal asset forfeiture is different from a replevin action.
The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture 2010
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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 2009
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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].
brtom commented on the word forfeiture
... 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
December 18, 2006