Verwirkung
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Verwirkung f (genitive Verwirkung, plural Verwirkungen)
- forfeiture (exclusively of legal or occupational rights), cancellation, the deprivation of authority.
- (law) acquiescence, estoppel by acquiescence
- (law, Switzerland) statute of repose
- Synonyms: Ausschluss, Präklusion
Declension
Further reading
- “Verwirkung” in Duden online