forfeiture

Meaning

Noun

  • A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
  • The loss of forfeit property.
  • The property lost as a forfeit.
  • Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.

Origin

  • From Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture.

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