Plural of forfeiture; plural legal or formal cases of losing property, rights, or status as a penalty.
From 'forfeiture' + '-s' (plural marker). The noun 'forfeiture' comes from Old French, eventually becoming standard legal terminology in English-speaking courts.
Modern 'civil forfeiture' is controversial because it lets police seize property without proving you committed a crime—just suspecting you might have. It shows how an archaic legal concept with medieval roots is suddenly very relevant to modern justice debates.
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