civil forfeiture
Government property confiscation
Civil forfeiture is a legal process by which the government seizes property suspected of involvement in a crime, without necessarily charging the owner.
Unlike criminal forfeiture, which requires a conviction, civil forfeiture targets the property itself: The police took his car through civil forfeiture after finding cash in the trunk.
Critics argue it creates perverse incentives, since law enforcement agencies often keep what they seize.
- law enforcement agencyBody that upholds statutes
- traffic stopPolice halting a motorist
- abuse of powerMisusing entrusted authority
- statuteEnacted written rule
- reform movementOrganized push for systemic change
probable cause · drug money · confiscation · cash grab · highway robbery · racial disparity · judicial review · burden of proof · financial penalty · public accountability · community impact · international treaty · fiscal policy impact · cost-benefit analysis
- impoundmentseizure, towing, tow truck, parking boot, confiscation
- forfeitureasset seizure, property seizure, seizure, confiscation, government seizure
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- reformreform movement, reform movements, reform party, reformer, reformist
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
civil forfeiturecriminal prosecution
Government's legal action against accused
criminal conviction · due process · trial by jury · criminal proceedings · habeas corpus
civil forfeiturepresumption of innocence
Default legal blamelessness
restorative justice · compensation · restitution · exoneration · acquittal
civil, civility, civilian, civilize, civilized, civilization, civics, civic, forfeit