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forfalture

forfalture is the obsolete form of forfeiture.

Meaning of forfeiture

Noun

forfeiture (countable and uncountable, plural forfeitures)

  1. A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
  2. The loss of forfeit property.
  3. The property lost as a forfeit.
  4. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
    • We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits.2020 November 20, Eric D. Miller writing for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Ngumezi, case 19-10243

Forms of forfalture

pluralforfaltures

Questions about forfalture

What is forfalture the obsolete form of?
Forfalture is the obsolete form of forfeiture.

Words near forfalture in the dictionary

  1. forfaint
  2. forfairn
  3. forfaiter
  4. forfaiters
  5. forfaiting
  6. forfalture
  7. forfaltures
  8. Forfar
  9. Forfar bridie
  10. Forfar bridies
  11. forfare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forfalture (page history and authors); forfeiture (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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