a. [f. prec. + -ABLE.] Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.
1467. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 383. To forfett them [goods] that be forfetable by the lawe.
1495. Act 11 Hen. VII., c. 64 § 6. All Castels … be not … forfeitable in eny wise to the Kyng.
1683. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), I. 247. Neither the charter of the citty of London or of any other corporation is forfeitable by law.
1767. Blackstone, Comm., II. 133. A moiety of the husband’s lands, but forfeitable by incontinency or a second marriage.
1841. Fraser’s Mag., XXIII. April, 385/1. Oh that the law of Venice were that of England, and the lives of these official Shylocks were forfeitable for shedding one drop of Christian blood as they meted out their pound of flesh!
1884. Weekly Notes, 9 Feb., 31/2. The interest of the tenant does not expire upon breach of the condition to pay rent. It becomes forfeitable; but it is forfeited only at the option of the landlord.
Hence Forfeitableness.
1727–36. in Bailey.
