Forfeiture is broadly defined as the loss of property for failing to obey the law, and that property is generally lost to the state. A person may have a vested interest in property to be forfeit in two ways: In personum jurisdiction and in rem jurisdiction.
In any civil forfeiture proceeding under a civil forfeiture statute in which the Government prevails, if the court finds that the claimant's assertion of an interest in the property was frivolous, the court may impose a civil fine on the claimant of an amount equal to 10 percent of the value of the forfeited property, ...
The forfeiture clause allows the landlord's Bailiff (Certificated Enforcement Agent) to “re-enter” the premises following a breach. The forfeiture clause in the lease would normally say something like “if the rent remains unpaid for a period of 21 days then the landlord may peaceably re-enter and forfeit the lease”.
The forfeiture rule, that no one who unlawfully kills another can share in the victim's estate or receive any other financial gain from the death, appears appropriate and immutable.
Under the English common law rule known as the 'forfeiture rule', a person who has unlawfully killed another is barred from acquiring any benefit as a consequence of the killing, and all inheritance and other rights are normally forfeit.
Forfeit or forfeiture means losing a right, privilege, or property without compensation as a consequence of violating the law, breaching a legal obligation, failing to perform a contractual obligation or condition, or neglecting a legal duty.
There are three types of forfeiture under federal law: criminal forfeiture, civil judicial forfeiture, and administrative forfeiture.
Forfeit or forfeiture means losing a right, privilege, or property without compensation as a consequence of violating the law, breaching a legal obligation, failing to perform a contractual obligation or condition, or neglecting a legal duty. Under federal law, there are civil, criminal, and administrative forfeitures.
In law, a forfeiture is the loss of rights or goods due to not fulfilling some obligation. For example, failing to make car payments to a bank can result in the forfeiture of your car. the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
Forfeiture exception arises when a defendant, on trial for a narcotics crime, kills a witness scheduled to testify in the drug trial. defendant killed the witness, the court will deem the defendant to have forfeited the confrontation right and will overrule the defendant's confrontation objection.