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Meaning of term 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.

 

Source: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/v003/wb1913_f.html

Author : OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

 

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