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Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..

Innocent :: Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation..

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

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Tender :: Tender (v. t.) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt..

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

Forfeiter :: Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

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

Forfeited :: Forfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Forfei.

Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..

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

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

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

Confiscation :: Confiscation (n.) The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..

Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned..

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Confiscate :: Confiscate (a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (p. p. / a.) In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

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..

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