Forfeit or forfeiture may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Forfeit'', a 2007 thriller film starring Billy Burke * "Forfeit", a song by Chevelle from ''

Wonder What's Next ''Wonder What's Next'' is the second studio album by American rock band Chevelle, released on October 8, 2002 by Epic Records. Spawning the singles " The Red", " Send the Pain Below", and " Closure", it proved to be Chevelle's breakthrough albu ...

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Forfeit/Fortune ''Forfeit/Fortune'' (2008) is the fifth studio album recorded by the indie rock band Crooked Fingers. Eric Bachmann provides lead vocals, with Miranda Brown singing backing vocals, Elin Palmer providing backing vocals and violin, and Tim Husmann ...

'', a 2008 album by Crooked Fingers

Law

Asset forfeiture Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities. In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation. It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime. This ap ...

, in law, the confiscation of assets related to a crime *

Forfeiture (law) In modern U.S. usage, forfeiture is deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of the non-performance of some obligation or condition. It can be accidental, and therefore is distinguished from waiver. In the law of England and Wales, the ...

, deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of not performing an obligation or condition

Sports

Forfeit (sport) In various sports, a forfeit is a method in which a match automatically ends, and the forfeiting team loses. There are two distinct forms of forfeiture. One occurs when a team is unable (or refuses) to meet the basic standards for playing the gam ...

, a premature end of a game **

Forfeit (baseball) In rare cases, baseball games are forfeited. A forfeiture may occur when a club is no longer able or willing to play, or when the game cannot be completed in a safe and/or timely manner and one of the participating teams is deemed culpable for th ...

Forfeit (chess) This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like ''#fork, fork'' and ''#pin, pin''. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of ter ...

, defeat in a chess game by a player's being absent or out of time **

Declaration and forfeiture In the sport of cricket, a declaration occurs when a captain declares their team's innings closed and a forfeiture occurs when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings without batting. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 15 of the '' Law ...

, in cricket, two possible ends of an innings

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