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Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (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..

Escheat :: Escheat (v. t.) To forfeit.

Deodand :: Deodand (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand..

Fourfeitable :: Fourfeitable (a.) Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

Felony :: Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To fail to keep an obligation.

Forfeiting :: Forfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forfei.

Defeasanced :: Defeasanced (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.

Abandum :: Abandum (n.) Anything forfeited or confiscated.

Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Caducary :: Caducary (a.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture..

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Injury; wrong; mischief.

Capitally :: Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally..

Forfalture :: Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.

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