Forfeit
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To lose an estate, a franchise, or other property belonging to one, by the act of the lew, and ag a consequence uf some misfeasance, negligence, or omission. will of the losing party,) and that the property ts either transferred to another or resumed by the original grantor. To incur a penalty; to become liable to the payment of a sum of money, as the consequence of a certain act,