Forfeiture
Introduction to Forfeiture
Forfeiture, loss of a right or privilege as a penalty for breaking a law or contract. Forfeiture can be a penalty for committing a crime, such as forfeiture of a car used to smuggle drugs, or a remedy for breaking a legal obligation, such as foreclosure on a house for failure to keep up mortgage payments. Forfeiture is distinguished from condemnation, in which the government takes private property but compensates the owner for it.” (1)
Societies, Membership, Forfeiture
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Societies, Membership, Forfeiture (1): Voluntary religious societies when not restricted by their charters or articles of association, may make by-laws declaring what shall constitute membership and what shall operate as a forfeiture thereof, applicable to existing as well as to future members. Where money is voted to be raised by an assessment to be made at a subsequent period, a person who was a member of the religious society at the time that such vote was passed, but withdraws before the time of assessment, is not liable to taxation.110
Resources
Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
Resources
Notes and References
- Information about Forfeiture in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia