Forisfacere — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To forfeit.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. To forfeit; to lose an estate or other property on account of some criminal or illegal act. To confiscate. To act beyond the law, i. e., to transgress or infringe the law; to commit an offense or wrong; to do any act against or beyond the law. See Co. Litt. 59a; Du Cange; Spelman. Forisfacere, i. e., extra legem sen consuetudinem facere. Co. Litt. 59. Forisfacere, i. e., to do something beyond law or chstom.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

forfacere, what belonged to one one's self; to incur a amicos: he forfeits forfeits all his lawful exul el Hcitur: he exile. Forisfacit feits all the px-ivileges

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. To forfeit. Forisfactura: a

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Forfacere. L. Lat. [from foris, without, and facere, to make.] In old English law. To forfeit; to lose what belonged to one by some fault or crime; to make it foreign to one's self, (sibi extraneum facere.) Spelman. See To Forfeit. Forisfacit patriam et regnum, et exul efficitur; he forfeits country and kingdom, and is made an exile. Bract. fol. 128 b. Forisfacit amicos; he forfeits friends. Id. ibid. Forisfacit utlagatus omnia quae pacis sunt; the outlaw forfeits all the privileges of a state of peace. Id. ibid. Forisfacit omnia quae juris sunt; he forfeits all his lawful rights. Id. fol. 129. To incur a penalty; to confiscate. Spelman. To commit, or be guilty of an offence; to transgress a law; to do an injury. Spelman. LL. Edw. Conf. c. 32, cited ibid. To do a thing against or without law or custom, (extra legem seu consuetudinem facere.) Co. Litt. 59 a.