different between damages vs forfeiture

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæm?d??z/
• Hyphenation: dam?ag?es

Verb

damages

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage

Noun

damages pl (plural only)

1. (law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

Derived terms

• aggravated damages
• consequential damages
• contemptuous damages
• exemplary damages
• general damages
• liquidated damages
• nominal damages
• punitive damages
• special damages

Translations

Middle English

Noun

damages

1. plural of damage

English

Etymology

From Middle English forfeture, from Old French forfaiture.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??f?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??f?t??/

Noun

forfeiture (countable and uncountable, plural forfeitures)

1. (law) A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.

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2. (law) The loss of forfeit property.

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3. (law) The property lost as a forfeit.

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4. Any loss occasioned by one's own actions.
   • 2020 November 20, Eric D. Miller writing for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Ngumezi, case 19-10243:

     We conclude that the government has forfeited any claim of forfeiture, so we proceed to consider the merits.

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