Statutory forfeiture
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 12 U.S. 398 - United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee · 1814Most cited · 78 citing opinions
vests on commission of offence
We are of opinion that the question rests altogether on the wording of the act of Congress: by which it is expressly declared that the forfeiture shall take place upon the commission of the offence. . . . the commission of the offence marks the point of time on which the statutary transfer of right takes place.
How often courts cite the case defining “Statutory forfeiture”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Statutory forfeiture” — 78 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.