{"id":361219,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/forfeit.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"forfeit","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/forfeit.html","title":{"rendered":"Forfeit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\">n<\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p>&#91;Anglo-French, from Middle French <i>forfait<\/i>, past participle of <i>forfaire<\/i> to commit a crime, from <i>fors<\/i> outside + <i>faire<\/i> to do&#93;<br \/>  <b>:<\/b> something forfeited or subject to being forfeited <br \/> vt  <b>1<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> to lose or lose the right to by some default, failure, or neglect of obligation or duty or by some offense &#91;shall to the United States&#8230;any proceeds which the person obtained, directly or indirectly, from racketeering activity &#8220;<i>U.S. Code<\/i>&#8220;&#93; <br \/>  <b>2<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> to subject to forfeiture &#91;it shall be placed in the custody of the Collector, who&#8230;shall cause a notice of the seizure and intention to and sell the same &#8220;<i>Morgan v. United States<\/i>, 107 F. Supp. 501 (1952)&#8221;&#93; <br \/>  <b><i>  for&#183;feit&#183;abil&#183;i&#183;ty   &#91;f&#559;r-f&#601;-t&#601;-bi-l&#601;-t&#275;&#93;<br \/>  <i>n<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><br \/>  <b><i>  for&#183;feit&#183;able   <i>adj<\/i><br \/>  <\/b><\/i><br \/> adj  <b>:<\/b> forfeited or subject to forfeiture <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Forfeit&#8217;? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-361219","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/361219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=361219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}