| Forfeit (forfeit) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| For"feit |
| [OE. forfet
crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum,
forifactum |
Injury;
wrong; mischief.
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.
Something deposited and redeemable by a
sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
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| Forfeit (forfeit) |
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| a. | |
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| For"feit |
|
Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal
seizure.
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| Forfeit (forfeit) |
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| v. t. | |
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| For"feit |
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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.
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| Forfeit (forfeit) |
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| v. i. | |
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| For"feit |
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To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
To fail to keep an obligation.
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| Forfeit (forfeit) |
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| p. p. or a. | |
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| For"feit |
|
In the
condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.
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