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Forfalture :: Forfalture (n.) Forfeiture.

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture..

Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

Felony :: Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.

Escheat :: Escheat (v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture..

Caducary :: Caducary (a.) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation..

Confiscable :: Confiscable (a.) Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Innocent :: Innocent (a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation..

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act..

Forfeiture :: Forfeiture (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..

Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine..

Felony :: Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt..

Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.

Forfeiter :: Forfeiter (n.) One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.

Condemnation :: Condemnation (n.) The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture..

Fourfeitable :: Fourfeitable (a.) Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

Capitally :: Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally..

Penalty :: Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine..

Irritancy :: Irritancy (n.) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.

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