confiscation meaning
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Confiscation Confiscation is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.
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forfeit Definition of forfeit. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to lose or lose the right to especially by some error, offense, or crime. 3  2 : to subject to confiscation as a forfeit; also : abandon, give up.
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- WHAT DOES FORFEITURE MEAN? Forfeiture is a criminal, civil, or administrative procedure used by the state to seize and dispose of property used in the commission of an offense. Florida has several forfeiture statutes: (1) Motor and Other Fuel Taxes. All conveyances, boats, and other vehicles
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Delegitimisation Delegitimisation (also spelled delegitimation) is literally the withdrawal of legitimacy, usually from some institution such as a state, cultural practice, etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly, by statute or accepted practice.
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- Medical Definition of INCARCERATION. 1. : a confining or state of being confined.
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waste Ameliorating waste is an alteration in the physical characteristics of the premises by an unauthorized act of the tenant that increases the value of the property. For example, a tenant might make improvements that increase the value of the property, such as remodeling a bathroom.
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- describes a punitive measure/punishment that is overly harsh in relativity to the crime or transgression. Normally done for the purpose of making an example for others to deter them from doing the same. Also issued out of fear/anger by an authority. After Colombine, an elementary school principal was criticized for doling out a year's suspension to a student who used a toy pistol while playing cops and robbers. Many say that the punishment was draconian and reactionary on the part of the principal.
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forfeit legal Definition of forfeit 1: to lose or lose the right to by some default, failure, or neglect of obligation or duty or by some offense shall forfeit to the United States…any proceeds which the person obtained, directly or indirectly, from racketeering activity
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- Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Incarceration(noun) the act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. 2  Incarceration(noun) formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. 3  Incarceration(noun) a constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
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Forfeiture Tools or Instrumentalities Used in Commission of a Crime. Property used in the commission of a crime, including vehicles and real estate. By being associated with the crime, the property is guilty of the offense, and subject to seizure.
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CURTAILMENT The noun CURTAILMENT has 3 senses: 1. the temporal property of being cut short. 2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation. 3. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable. Familiarity information: CURTAILMENT used as a noun is uncommon.
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contaminant noun con·tam·i·nant \kən-ˈta-mə-nənt\. : something that makes a place or a substance (such as water, air, or food) no longer suitable for use : something that contaminates a place or substance.
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- Sec. 24.001. FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER. (a) A person commits a forcible entry and detainer if the person enters the real property of another without legal authority or by force and refuses to surrender possession on demand. (3) an entry without the consent of a person who acquired possession by forcible entry.
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Definitions &Translations Definitions for Sequestrationˌsi kwɛsˈtreɪ ʃən, sɪ kwɛs-. segregation, sequestration(noun) the act of segregating or sequestering. sequestration of the jury. sequestration(noun) the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions.
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forfeit To lose to another person or to the state some privilege, right, or property due to the commission of an error, an offense, or a crime, a breach of contract, or a neglect of duty; to subject property to confiscation; or to become liable for the payment of a penalty, as the result of a particular act.
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Confabulation In psychiatry, confabulation (verb: confabulate) is a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive.[1] People who confabulate present incorrect memories ranging from subtle alterations to bizarre fabrications,[2] and are ...
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- Medical Definition of INCARCERATION. 1. : a confining or state of being confined. 2. : abnormal retention or confinement of a body part; specifically: a constriction of the neck of a hernial sac so that the hernial contents become irreducible.
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SUPPRESS Definition of Suppress. 1  to put down by force or authority; suppress a nascent uprising; stamp down on littering; conquer ones desires. 2  come down on or keep down by unjust use of ones authority; The government oppresses political activists.  control and refrain from showing; of emotions.
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- Definitions for detumescenceˌdi tuˈmɛs əns, -tyu-. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word detumescence. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: detumescence(Noun) The act of subsiding from a swollen state, especially the relaxation of an erect penis.
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Slavery in the United States Freedmen, The Freed Slaves of the Civil War. Freedmen was the term given to those slaves who became free men after the U.S. Congress passed the Confiscation Act of 1862. Under this act, Confederates who did not surrender within 60 days of the act's passage were to be punished by having their slaves freed. It also dealt with a problem that had plagued field commanders occupying Southern territory.
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destruction demolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. demolishing, tearing down, leveling. destruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
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confine Troponyms (each of the following is one way to limit): ration (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war). content (satisfy in a limited way). delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something).
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- Expungement is the process of legally destroying, obliterating or striking out records or information in files, computers and other depositories relating to criminal charges.
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- In the context of incarceration, a store for provisions available to inmates on occasion. I heard that nigga from cell block D copped nuff cig's from commissary. #jail #locked up #akon #blacks #chained down #cell block d #big bubba beatdowns #soap on a rope #don't drop the soap. by Peddy November 23, 2006.
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Definitions &Translations Forfeit(noun) a thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.
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- Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conflagration /ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃən/ n a large destructive fire Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin conflagrātiō, from conflagrāre to be burnt up, from com- (intensive) + flagrāre to burn; related to Latin fulgur lightning.