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

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

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

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..

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

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

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

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

Forfalture :: Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine..

Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..

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