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ForfeitForfeit For"feit, n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait
crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire
to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act
beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do.
See Foreign, and FAct.]
1. Injury; wrong; mischief. [Obs. & R.]
To seek arms upon people and country that never did
us any forfeit. --Ld. Berners.
2. A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from
one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is
lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime,
offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a
fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the
forfeit of his life.
Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy
other forfeits. --Shak.
3. Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; --
whence the game of forfeits.
Country dances and forfeits shortened the rest of
the day. --Goldsmith. ForfeitForfeit For"feit, a. [F. forfait, p. p. of forfaire. See
Forfeit, n.]
Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal
seizure.
Thy wealth being forfeit to the state. --Shak.
To tread the forfeit paradise. --Emerson. Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, v. i.
1. To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
[Obs.]
2. To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.]
I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. --Shak.
Forfeit
Forfeit For"feit, p. p. or a.
In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.
--Shak.
Once more I will renew His laps[`e]d powers, though
forfeite. --Milton.
Meaning of Forfeit from wikipedia
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Forfeit or
forfeiture may
refer to:
Forfeit, a 2007
thriller film
starring Billy Burke "
Forfeit", a song by
Chevelle from
Wonder What's Next
Forfeit/Fortune...
- In rare cases,
baseball games are
forfeited,
usually when a team is no
longer able to play. In the
event of forfeiture, the
score is
recorded as 9–0,...
- In
various sports, a
forfeit is a
method in
which a
match automatically ends, and the
forfeiting team loses.
There are two
distinct forms of forfeiture...
- but it is
special in that the
submission has to take the form of the
forfeiting opponent saying "I quit". Generally,
whenever a
wrestler knocks down their...
- last
minute replacement rather than
award a
wrestler a
victory by
forfeit.
Forfeit victories are
almost always reserved for when the
story the promotion...
- The
Forfeit is a 1919
American silent Western film
directed by
Frank Powell and
starring House Peters, Jane
Miller and
William Human.
House Peters as...
- This
article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or
forfeit, in the
peerages of England, Scotland,
Great Britain,
Ireland and the United...
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Forfeit/Fortune (2008) is the
fifth studio album recorded by the
indie rock band
Crooked Fingers. Eric
Bachmann provides lead vocals, with
Miranda Brown...
- competition,
forfeiting the rest of his matches,
automatically giving all of his
opponents two points. On June 6, 2010
Fujita Hayato had to
forfeit his match...
-
Forfeit Thee Untrue, also
known as FTU, is a
South African Christian metal band who
formed in 2006.
Remaining a 2-piece band
until late 2011, at which...
