Forfeiture

  • 51relief from forfeiture — Where a landlord seeks to end a lease by re entering the property following a breach of covenant by the tenant (and pursuant to a right reserved to the landlord to do so), the tenant can apply to the court for relief, that is, to have the… …

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  • 52civil forfeiture — >> forfeiture. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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  • 53notice of forfeiture — A notice in a proceeding in rem for the forfeiture of property admonishing the owner and all other persons claiming any right, title, or interest in the property seized to appear and show cause on or before a day named why forfeiture of the… …

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  • 54CONFISCATION, EXPROPRIATION, FORFEITURE — Confiscation is mentioned once in the Bible as a quasi criminal sanction against disobedience to lawful orders (Ezra 10:8). Relying on this precedent, the rule was enunciated that courts are empowered to expropriate (hefker bet din; Git. 36b, Yev …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 55descent by forfeiture — index escheatment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 56impose a forfeiture — index fine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 57criminal forfeiture — The taking by the government of property because of its involvement in a crime; e.g. an automobile used to smuggle narcotics; gun used in hunting without license or out of season. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No. 982; 21 U.S.C.A. No. 853. See also… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 58criminal forfeiture — The taking by the government of property because of its involvement in a crime; e.g. an automobile used to smuggle narcotics; gun used in hunting without license or out of season. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No. 982; 21 U.S.C.A. No. 853. See also… …

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  • 59self-executing forfeiture — The termination of a franchise by the operation of a forfeiture clause in the grant without more. 36 Am J2d Franch § 46 …

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  • 60summary forfeiture — A forfeiture to the state of property without giving the owner opportunity to be heard. Anno: 17 ALR 574 …

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