单词 | forfeitable |
释义 | forfeitableadj. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [adjective] > that is or can be lost as penalty forfeit1393 forfeit1393 forfeitable1467 penal1623 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 383 Them [goods] that be forfetable by the lawe. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 64 §6 All Castels..be not..forfeitable in eny wise to the Kyng. 1683 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 247 Neither the charter of the citty of London or of any other corporation is forfeitable by law. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 133 A moiety of the husband's lands..forfeitable by incontinency. 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 385 The lives of these official Shylocks were forfeitable. 1884 Weekly Notes 9 Feb. 31/2 The interest of the tenant..becomes forfeitable. Derivatives ˈforfeitableˌness n. ΚΠ 1727–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1467 |
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