The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing.
magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer
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Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them.
As the March 11 th briefing paper pointed out, there is a danger of creating a ‘perverse incentive’ for police to focus on asset forfeitures because they are easier (and potentially raise money) rather than actual convictions.
Today, it is funded solely by active-duty payroll deductions of 50 cents, fines and forfeitures from military disciplinary actions, interest earned on the Trust and residence fees.
The verdict is ‘guilty’ and the only punishment is forfeiture of the right to consider yourself a decent human being.
In this case, the penalty should be forfeiture of the pistol and ring.
The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing.
the court ordered the forfeiture of his computer
Example sentencesExamples
As the March 11 th briefing paper pointed out, there is a danger of creating a ‘perverse incentive’ for police to focus on asset forfeitures because they are easier (and potentially raise money) rather than actual convictions.
Their penalties included forfeiture of the potential remission of sentence otherwise available to them.
The verdict is ‘guilty’ and the only punishment is forfeiture of the right to consider yourself a decent human being.
Today, it is funded solely by active-duty payroll deductions of 50 cents, fines and forfeitures from military disciplinary actions, interest earned on the Trust and residence fees.
In this case, the penalty should be forfeiture of the pistol and ring.