to forfeit (lose) a right

  • 21List of The Price Is Right pricing games — Pricing games are featured on the current version of the game show The Price Is Right. The contestant from Contestants Row who bids closest to the price of a prize without going over wins it and has the chance to win additional prizes or cash in… …

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  • 22Forfeited — Forfeit For feit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one s self by misdeed liable to be deprived of;… …

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  • 23Forfeiting — Forfeit For feit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forfeiting}.] [OE. forfeten. See {Forfeit}, n.] To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one s self by misdeed liable to be deprived of;… …

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  • 24HUSBAND AND WIFE — The act of marriage creates certain rights and duties between husband and wife. In performing them, both parties have to conduct themselves according to the following rules, comprising the fundamental principles for the relationship between… …

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  • 25give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …

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  • 26throw overboard — verb 1. throw from a boat • Syn: ↑deep six • Hypernyms: ↑throw • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody 2. lose (s …

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  • 27CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …

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  • 28CONFLICT OF LAWS — (also called Private International Law) is a branch of the law dealing with the adjudication of a matter which involves some foreign element, for instance, the fact that one of the parties is a foreign citizen, or that the matter at issue arose,… …

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  • 29laps´er — lapse «laps», noun, verb, lapsed, laps|ing. –n. 1. a slight mistake or error: »a lapse of the tongue because of carelessness, a lapse of memory. SYNONYM(S): slip, fault, indiscretion, misstep. 2 …

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  • 30deposit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money paid into a bank account ADJECTIVE ▪ bank, building society (BrE) ▪ Bank deposits have increased by 2.3%. ▪ cash ▪ direct (AmE) …

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