Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeit
Meaning of Forfeit
To forfeit signifies the incurring of a forfeiture or penalty and is antagonistic to the idea of mere payment of compensation for damages for breach of contract. 172 111. App. 92. To lose as the penalty of some misdeed or negligence. The word includes not merely the idea of losing, but also of having the property transferred to another without the consent of the owner and wrongdoer. This is the essential meaning of the word, whether it be that an offender is to forfeit a sum of money, or an estate is to be forfeited to a former owner for a breach of condition, or to tlie king for some crime. Cowell says that forfeiture is general and confiscation a particular forfeiture to the king’s exchequer. The modern distinction, however, seems to refer rather to a difference between forfeiture as relating to acts of the owner, and confiscation as relating to acts of the government. 1 Story (U. S.) 134; 13 Pet. (U. S.) 157; 11 Johns. (N. Y.) 293. Confiscation is more generally used of an appropriation of an enemy’s property; forfeiture, of the taking possession of property to which the owner, who may be a citizen, has lost title through violation of law. See 1 Kent, Comm. 67; 1 Story (U. S.) 134.
Translate Forfeited Bail from English to Spanish
Translation of Forfeited Bail, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Fianza decomisada and other legal terms is available here.
- Fianza decomisada
- Caución decomisada
- Fianza perdida
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Translate Forfeit from English to Spanish
Translation of Forfeit, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Decomisar and other legal terms is available here.
- Decomisar
- Perder
- Legal English Translation
Translate (To) Forfeit Bail from English to Spanish
Translation of (To) Forfeit Bail, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Decomisar la fianza and other legal terms is available here.
- Decomisar la fianza
- Decomisar la caución
- Perder la fianza/caución
- Legal English Translation
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