Sentence examples for were forfeit from inspiring English sources
verb
To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
- He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.
The publisher then sent an email just before midday on the 20 July stating that failure to respond by 4pm that day meant the tickets were forfeit and someone else would be selected.
According to David Bandurski in his book Dragons in Diamond Village, the 138 urban villages in the inner-city area of Guangzhou alone have "nearly all suffered in one way or another under an onslaught of urban development in which their rights and interests were forfeit".
And imagine finally that the rights granted were forfeit if the author failed to deposit the copyrighted work with the government, or if he failed to mark the work with the appropriate sign.
Coke's uncle Thomas Gawdy had served as Steward to the Third Duke of Norfolk, and during the 1580s Coke was employed by the Howards to counter lawyers employed by the Crown, who argued that the Howards' lands were forfeit owing to the treason of the 4th Duke.
His honours were forfeited and he himself banished.
His duchies and fiefs were forfeited to the empire.
Wins were forfeited and the N.C.A.A. forced Michigan to dissociate from Webber for 10 years.
And administration officials consistently declined to tally up the money they were forfeiting.
In the past, employees had just three months after leaving Asana to exercise their options before they were forfeited.
Strathearn and March were forfeited in 1427 and 1435 respectively.
Their estates were forfeited, and the Orkney and Shetland islands were annexed to the Crown.
