If a man is found stealing pine wood from the forest lands of another, he forfeits not only all the wood he has cut but also his working ax.
If anyone maintains papal authority, he forfeitshis goods; on a third conviction, he is a traitor.
If coal is carried by cart without a ticket, the seller forfeits 50 pounds and the driver 5 pounds.
Friend or brother, He forfeits his own blood that spills another.
He only saw his beloved on Sundays, when she used to come and play at forfeitswith the Winterkeller children, and he had very little conversation with her.
Sophia did not like the kisses and such demonstrations, with which forfeits are often paid, while Varvara used to be cross if she had to look for anything or guess something.
In case of ties, the banker or dealer is regarded as the eldest hand, but should he hold a lower tricon or sequence than either of the others, he loses the game, andforfeits a counter to each player higher than himself.
In case of a mis-deal, the dealerforfeits his deal.
A murdererforfeits seven shillings and fourpence; a ravisher forfeits eight shillings and fourpence; an adulterer eight shillings and fourpence; an adultress the same.
It is as clearly the right of the republic to live and to defend its life until it forfeits that right by crime, as it is the right of the individual to live so long as God gives him life, unless he forfeits that right by crime.
If a player should fail to continue the story when his turn comes, he must pay a forfeit, and when the story is finished, redeeming the forfeits adds to the fun.
Anything may be given as =A Forfeit= and theforfeits are redeemed in the good old way.
A failure to observe these rules forfeits his privilege.
These pairs must be taken up without any touching together: any bone displaced may be put back again three times; failure on the third trial forfeits the turn.
Pointing over the board, loud talk, or any other behaviour likely to annoy or confuse an adversary, if persisted in, forfeits the game.
The touching of any other than the selected bones, or the failure to pick up the proper number, forfeits the turn.
Part of the sport of this imposing of penalties for forfeits is the ignorance of the judge as to who is the owner of the forfeit.
The practice of forfeits is prehistoric, and is thought to have originated in the custom of paying ransom for immunity from punishment for crimes.
As some of these may be used for forfeits (although some kinds of forfeits cannot take the place of athletic feats), these two classes of amusements are included here in one chapter.
Any one failing to perform the required feat drops out of the game or goes to the foot of the line; or at the pleasure of the players may pay a forfeit for the failure and continue playing, all forfeits to be redeemed at the close of the game.
The forfeits are redeemed when each player has been odd man at least once.
The forfeits are all redeemed at the end of the game.
Any chicken that smiles, or whose arms give way in the swinging test, must pay a forfeit, all of the forfeits being redeemed at the close of the game.
The searcher for forfeits will do well, however, to look through the section on feats.
Forfeits are used in many games as a penalty for failure, and may be an occasion for much merriment.
A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
In the first place, it forfeits the respect and confidence of other nations, and all the advantages connected with national character.
In life, too often, the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege.
But any deference to some eminent man or woman of the world, forfeits all privilege of nobility.
The game continued, some claimants having to pay forfeits and some winning the award, until all were called out.
When the forfeits had been paid off it was time to cook camp-supper.
There is no gallantry in the management of a company, and these forfeits are genuine, be you man or woman.
And to this day no member of the company knows how much of the victim's salary was left to him that week after forfeits for bad words were all paid up.
At last "My man John" owns the theft, produces the hat, and the game is begun again, until a sufficient number of forfeits have been collected.
One of the three sisters had the forfeits wrapped in the skirt of her dress.
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul?
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
In this manor the widow is entitled during her widowhood to the moiety of the estate whereof her husband died seised; but forfeits her right thereto upon re-marriage or breach of chastity.
A tenant convicted of wilful perjury, forfeits to the lord twenty years' rent, and for petty larceny, ten years' rent.
A tenant convicted of wilful perjury forfeits to the lord 20 years' rent, and for petty larceny, 10 years' rent.
He likewise forfeits to the king all his lands, goods, and chattels; is declared an alien in every respect; and is put out of the king's protection.
If any wool is found carrying towards the sea side in the said counties, unless it has been entered and security given as aforesaid, it is forfeited, and the offender also forfeits 3s.
The person who neglects to balance his account twice in the year, forfeits twenty-five guilders.
The owner of the ship, knowing this offence, forfeits all his interest in the ship and furniture.
A man declared outlaw forfeits his profits from land and his goods to the King.
The strong statutes Stand like the forfeitsin a barber's shop, As much in mock as mark.
The foregoing table of forfeits was published by Dr Kenrick in his review of Dr Johnson's edition of Shakespeare in 1765, and it was stated that he had read them many years before in a Yorkshire town.
His master was in business as a barber at the time of the Garrick Jubilee in 1769, and he asserted that the list of forfeits was generally acknowledged by all the fraternity to have been in use for centuries.
Forfeits used to be enforced for breaches of conduct as laid down in laws which were exhibited in a conspicuous manner, and might be read while the customer was awaiting his turn for attention at the hands of the knight of the razor.
If he touches his own ball before he plays, he forfeits a point, and cannot play the stroke.
If he does so after making a carom the carom does not count, he forfeits one, and his break is ended.
Missing the ball played at forfeits three points (sometimes the number on the ball played at), as well as fouls of all kinds.
All these forfeits involve the termination of the turn.
The giver of points scores all forfeits for misses, &c.
Here the land proceeds from the lord to the thegn; the thegn can not give or sell it; the holder of that land can have no lord but the church; if he forfeits the land, he forfeits it to the church.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forfeits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
