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Meaning of Forisfacere
(Lat.) To forfeit; to lose on account of crime. It may be applied not only to estates, but to a variety of other things, in precisely the popular sense of the word “forfeit.” Spelman; Du Cange. To confiscate. Du Cange; Spelman. To commit an offense; to do a wrong; to do something beyond or outside of (foris) what is right (extra rationem). Du Cange. To do a thing against or without law. Co. Litt. 59a. To disclaim. Du Cange.
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This definition of Forisfacere is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Concept of “Forisfacere”
Traditional meaning of forisfacere in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) To forfeit. Forisfactura: a forfeiture.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Forisfacere”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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