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
''Wonder What's Next'' is the second studio album by American rock band Chevelle, released on October 8, 2002 by Epic Records. Spawning the singles "The Red", "Send the Pain Below", and " Closure". It proved to be Chevelle's breakthrough album, ...
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Forfeit/Fortune
''Forfeit/Fortune'' (2008) is the fifth studio album recorded by the indie rock band Crooked Fingers. Eric Bachmann provides lead vocals, with Miranda Brown singing backing vocals, Elin Palmer providing backing vocals and violin, and Tim Husmann ...
'', 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 ap ...
, 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.''
Overv ...
, deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of not performing an obligation or condition
Sports
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Forfeit (sport)
In various sports, a forfeit is a method in which a match automatically ends, and the forfeiting team loses.
There are two distinct forms of forfeiture. One occurs when a team is unable (or refuses) to meet the basic standards for playing the game ...
, a premature end of a game
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Forfeit (baseball)
In rare cases, baseball games are forfeited, usually when a team is no longer able to play. Although not uncommon in baseball's early days, forfeits are now rare. There have been only five forfeits in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1954; the l ...
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Forfeit (chess)
This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like ''fork'' and ''pin''. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific ...
, 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
In trade finance, forfaiting is a service providing medium-term financial support for export/import of capital goods. The third party providing the support is termed the forfaiter. The forfaiter provides medium-term finance to, and will commonl ...
, a financial term
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Walkover
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, when a contestant is awarded victory because there are no other contestants
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