Definition of forfeit

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

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Rehabilitate :: Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law..
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..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited..
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..
Escheat :: Escheat (v. t.) To forfeit.
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..
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..
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..
Fourfeitable :: Fourfeitable (a.) Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.
Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence..
Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Injury; wrong; mischief.
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..
Forfalture :: Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.
Capitally :: Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally..
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
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..
Defeasanced :: Defeasanced (a.) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
Felony :: Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt..
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