Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forfeiture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈfɔɹfɪt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɔːfɪtʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The loss of forfeit property.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The property lost as a forfeit.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
    • We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits. 2020 November 20, Eric D. Miller writing for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Ngumezi, case 19-10243

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
forfeitures Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

forfeiture fund · nonforfeiture

Translations (24)

hu elvesztés (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · de Konfiskation (law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit) · de Verlust (law: the loss of forfeit property) · pt perda (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · pl przepadek (law: the property lost as a forfeit) · hu vagyonelkobzás (law: the loss of forfeit property) · hu eljátszás (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · de Konfiszierung (law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit) · de Einziehung (law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit) · pl przepad (law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit) · de (selbstverschuldeter) Verlust (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · de Verwirkung (law: the loss of forfeit property) · hu jogeljátszás (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · de konfisziertes Gut (law: the property lost as a forfeit) · pl przepadek (law: a legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit) · hu elkobzás (law: the loss of forfeit property) · hu jogvesztés (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · pl utrata (any loss occasioned by one's own actions) · hu jószágvesztés (law: the loss of forfeit property) · pl przepadek (law: the loss of forfeit property) · de beschlagnahmtes Gut (law: the property lost as a forfeit) · pl przepad (law: the property lost as a forfeit) · hu elkobzott vagyon (law: the property lost as a forfeit) · pl przepad (law: the loss of forfeit property)