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Forfeit

Injury wrong mischief

Forfeiter

One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture

Shall be forfeited

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To forfeit

To forfeit, Black's Legal Dictionary states that 'to forfeit' is 'to lose, or lose the right to, by some error,

Forisfactura

Forisfactura, forfeit.

forfeit

forfait, past participle of forfaire to commit a crime, from fors outside + faire to do] : something forfeited or subject to being forfeited vt 1 : to lose or lose the right to by some default,

Earnest money

earnest money is a part of the purchase price when the transaction gets through and the same is forfeited when the transaction falls through by reason of the default or failure on the part of the vendee,

Bonded labour system

for a specified period or for an unspecified period, either without wages or for nominal wages, or (2) forfeit the freedom of employment or other means of livelihood for a specified period or for an unspecified period,

Deodand

a personal chattel which had been the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable creature; it was forfeited to the Crown to be applied to pious uses and distributed in alms by the high almoner; but

Copyhold

fifth, or the whole. It is called her free-bench. It is generally an estate for life, but is forfeited by a second marriage or incontinency. The widow's free-bench is barred by a jointure, whether legal or equitable;

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