forfeited

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In response to questions about seizures, the police department directed The Post to a general order signed by Lanier called “Handling and Accounting for Seized and Forfeited Property.”

From Washington Post

Case of the Forfeited Estates, in a letter to a certain noble Lord.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.

Forfeited estates were not in those days quietly resigned; Maclean, therefore, went with an armed force to seize his new possessions, and, I know not for what reason, took his wife with him. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

Forfeited articles shall be destroyed as directed by the Secretary of the Treasury or the court, as the case may be.

From Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 by United States

Steele, who was a violent writer on the Whig side, held various public offices, such as Commissioner of Stamps and Commissioner for Forfeited Estates, and sat in Parliament.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)