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Own :: Own (v. t.) To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love..

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

Forfalture :: Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.

Philopena :: Philopena (n.) A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself..

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..

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..

Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

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

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

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

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

Remission :: Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc..

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

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

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

Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance..

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

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..

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

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

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