forfeiture

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (law) the act of forfeiting sth: the forfeiture of property * Failure to meet repayments leads automatically to forfeiture of the lease.

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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forfeitureEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary forfeitureEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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