Forfeit or forfeiture may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Forfeit'', a 2007 thriller film starring
Billy Burke
* "Forfeit", a song by Chevelle from ''
Wonder What's Next''
* ''
Forfeit/Fortune'', a 2008 album by Crooked Fingers
Law
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Asset forfeiture
Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities. In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation. It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime. This ...
, in law, the confiscation of assets related to a crime
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Forfeiture (law)
In modern U.S. usage, forfeiture is deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of the non-performance of some obligation or condition. It can be accidental, and therefore is distinguished from waiver; ''see waiver and forfeiture.''
Ov ...
, deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of not performing an obligation or condition
Sports
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Forfeit (sport), a premature end of a game
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Forfeit (baseball)
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Forfeit (chess), defeat in a chess game by a player's being absent or out of time
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Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket, a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture occurs when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings without batting. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 15 of the '' Laws ...
, in cricket, two possible ends of an innings
See also
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Forfaiting, a financial term
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Walkover
John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest.
A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over") is awarded to the opposing team/player etc, if there are no other players avai ...
, when a contestant is awarded victory because there are no other contestants
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