单词 | forfeiture |
释义 | forfeituren. a. Transgression or violation of a law; crime, sin; spec. in Law. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun] unrightOE witec1175 misbodea1200 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 miss?c1225 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 crimec1384 abusion?1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 offendinga1425 transgression1426 wrongingc1449 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 swerving1545 misdealing1571 transgress1578 misfaring1595 misacting1651 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 wrongdoing1874 miscreance1972 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > transgression or offending witec1175 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 prevaricationc1384 offendinga1425 transgression1426 defencea1450 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 transgress1578 misfaring1595 overloup1827 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 348 Hereof schulden men not fayle wiþouten greet forfeture. 1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) lxxiii. 28 Whan I do ony forfeture, A contrite heart I offere to the. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 59 To do a thing against or without Law or Custome, and that legally is called a forfeiture. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > breach of rule or custom breacha1382 transgression1426 violation1433 prevarication1561 forfeiture1575 contravention1579 infringement1628 temeration1641 contravening1645 infraction1673 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 134 If..he touch the shoulder..with any other thing than his knyfe..it is a forfayture. ΚΠ 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Gg3v/2 Forfeiture of mariage..is a writ lying against him, who houlding by knights seruice, and being vnder age and vnmaried, refuseth her, whome the Lord offereth him..and marieth another. 2. a. The fact of losing or becoming liable to deprivation of (an estate, goods, life, an office, right, etc.) in consequence of a crime, offence, or breach of engagement. Const. of, †on. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > forfeiture forfeiture1389 forfeit1393 forfaultryc1565 α. β. 1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 416/2 The said sentence of forfaltoure was gevine vpoune þe fift day of þe samin moneth.1609 J. Skene Treat. in Regiam Majestatem 132 The paine of treason is tynsell, and forefaltour of life, lands, gudes, and geir.1755 R. Keith Catal. Sc. Bishops (1824) 178 The same year he is witness to the forefaulture of the Earl of Ross.figurative and in extended use.1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 539 The undoing of my peace, and foirfalture of my Saluation.1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 55 What forfeiture you impose on others, undergoe your selfe.1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 34 He has a Forfeiture incurr'd.a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. viii. 110 A proud remorse does not forgive itself the forfeiture of its own dignity.1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 76 No brother..shalle discuse þe counseil of þis fraternite to no straungere, vp þe payne of forfeture of þe fraternite. a1400 Coer de L. 257 Forfeyture on lyff and londe. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 384 Vppon peyne of forfetor of xls. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 58 §1 Actes of atteyndre and forfeiture made in the seid parliament. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 13v That there may be made due proues without fauoure..on payne of forfeyture of his offyce. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 31 Henrie iv., possessing it by the forfeiture of the Lord Scrop. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Full Forfeiture..is a Forfeiture of Life and Member, and all else that a Man has. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 267 Forfeiture is a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act, or negligence, in the owner of lands, tenements, or hereditaments; whereby he loses all his interest therein. 1864 Bp. of Lincoln Charge 6 The minimum which will satisfy the inspector, and save the forfeiture of the grant. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. vi. 94 The large forfeitures which followed the suppression of the rebellion of the Desmonds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] justice?a1160 penancec1300 defensiona1382 forfeiture1390 punishment1402 revengementa1513 penition1547 revenge1561 infliction1590 supplice1646 vindictive1726 auto-da-fé1767 woodshedding1940 knuckle-rapping1944 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 268 This shall be thy forfeiture; With that she both his sones slough Before his eye. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 221 Much less that durst upon his own head draw The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set. View more context for this quotation 3. concrete. That which is forfeited; a pecuniary penalty, a fine. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] witereden688 witec890 guiltwite964 ransom?c1225 amends1340 forfeiture1399 ush1417 recoverya1422 issue1424 unlaw1424 fine1430 forfeita1475 unlay1497 multure1533 estreatc1550 mulct1584 forfeitment1597 α. β. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 226 Promising each of his Party a Share of the Forfaulters of the Queen's Lords.1661 Earl of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1884) I. 93 Fines and for~faultures are wholly at my disposall.figurative and in extended use.?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 611 Helpe mee foorth, els I am the rude woods forfeiture.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. vii. 105 Extraordinary merit has some forfeitures to pay.1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 18 The exaction of these forfeitures [sc. their beards].1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 412 Alle his ffynys..ne fforffeyturis ffele..myȝte not areche to paie the pore peple. 1483 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 336 The same forfetoures to be enployed halfe to the said cite, and the oder halfe to the said ffraternite. 1588 Ld. Burghley Let. 7 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 27 The forfeycture for every publique offence committed without the College to be collected..by the bedells. 1607 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 287 The order for v. li. forfeyture for refusinge to be Chamberlaynes. 1709 Tatler No. 116. ⁋7 I pronounced the Petticoat a Forfeiture. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 57 One of the finest breeds [of horses]..was the forfeiture of a rebel. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 712 A forfeiture, part of which went to the informer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380 |
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