Definition of forfeit

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

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Innocent :: Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation..
Forfeited :: Forfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Forfei.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
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..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
Capitally :: Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally..
Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
Forfeiter :: Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
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..
Handyy-dandy :: Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit..
Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
Confiscate :: Confiscate (a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Penalty :: Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine..
Defeasanced :: Defeasanced (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
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..
Condemnation :: Condemnation (n.) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture..
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..
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..
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