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forfeiture bond

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From 271 U.S. 332 - United States v. Zerbey · 1926Most cited · 91 citing opinions

a bond executed to the Government in a specified penal sum prescribed by statute and intended as a fixed penalty imposed for a breach of a statutory duty, which is forfeited in its full amount by a breach of the condition irrespective of the actual damage thereby caused the Government