Legal Definitions - forisfacere

forisfacere (for-is-fay-sə-ree), vb. [fr. Latin foris “without” + facere “to make”]

1. To forfeit (an estate or other property). Literally, this means to make the property foreign to oneself.
2. To violate the law; to do a thing against or without the law.

1. When John failed to pay his mortgage for several months, he was forced to forisfacere his house and it was sold at auction.

2. If you are caught driving without a license, you could be charged with forisfacere and face fines or even jail time.

In the first example, John failed to fulfill his financial obligations and as a result, he lost his property. This is an example of forisfacere as forfeiting property. In the second example, driving without a license is against the law, and therefore, it is an example of forisfacere as violating the law.