Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,420
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mLine 1:
Line 1: + + + + + + +
Reverted edits by QSchlafly (Talk); changed back to last version by Thornhiller
A '''forfeiture''' is a cancellation in contract [[law]]. Most commonly a forfeiture is a legal action whereby a [[contract]] purchaser following default loses all his interest in the [[property]].
In litigation forfeiture has a different meaning. Forfeiture in a trial is the failure to make the timely assertion of a right. This is contrasted with waiver, which is the intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right. This distinction is important, because a right that is waived is lost on appeal unless there is proof that the waiver was defective, but a right that is forfeited may be the subject of an assertion of plain error on appeal (for overturning the trial decision).<ref>''Sherron v. Mississippi'', 2006 Miss. App. LEXIS 832 (Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2006)</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
[[category:legal terms]]