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Foot of a fine

place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. At common law, the fifth and last part of a fine of

which was paid to the King, in the Court of Common Pleas for a licence granted to a man to levy … for a licence granted to a man to levy a fine of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another person; and this

To forfeit

and forfeiture. A 'fine' is a pecuniary penalty, and is commonly (perhaps always) to be collected by suit in some form.

Conspiracy

by two or more persons to carry out an unlawful common purpose, or to carry out a lawful common purpose by … means. It is a misdemeanour at common law, punishable with fine and imprisonment to any extent; and also with hard labour

Distress

due on summary convictions. A distress may be made of common right for the rent payable by a tenant to a … and by justices of the peace for the recovery of fines due on summary convictions. A distress may be made of

Donis conditionalibus, Statute de

tail, was got rid of by the fictitious proceedings of common recoveries, which were abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, … no issue at all . . . And if a fine be levied hereafter upon land so given, it shall be

Imprisonment

times, Co. Litt. 253. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by fine

Concord

party before one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, or before commissioners in the country; also an agreement … Concord, an agreement between parties, who intend to levy a fine of lands one to the other, how and in what

Cognitionibus mittendis

Cognitionibus mittendis, an abolished writ to a Justice of the Common Pleas, or other who has power to take a fine,

Chirograph

was observed in the chirographer's office of the Court of Common Pleas until those assurances by matter of record were abolished … chirographa, or hand writings. Chirograph was also used for a fine, the manner of engrossing which and cutting the parchment into

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