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Fine, a sum of money or mulct imposed upon an offender, also called a ransom. See PENALTY.An amicable final agreement or compromise of a fictitious or actual suit to determine the true possessor of land, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 646.A sum of money paid by a tenant at his entrance into his land; or for the renewal of a lease; and see FINES IN COPYHOLDS.An assurance by matter of record, founded on a supposed previously existing right, abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74). In every fine, which was the compromise of a fictitious suit and resembled the transactio of the Romans, there was a suit supposed, in which the person who was to recover the thing was called the plaintiff, conusee, or recognisee, and the person who parted with the thing the deforceant, conusor, or recognisor. It was termed a fine for its worthiness, and the peace and quiet it brought with it'finis fructus exitus et effectus legis. There are five essential parts to the levying...
Don grant et render, a fine sur
Don grant et render, a fine sur, was a double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine sur concessit, and might have been used to create particular limitations of estates; whereas the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., conveyed nothing but an absolute estate, either of inheritance or at least of freehold, 1 Steph. Com....
fine
fine [Anglo-French fin fine & Medieval Latin finis end, boundary, agreement, payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary] 1 : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense compare restitution 2 : a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action vt fined fin·ing : to impose a fine on : punish by fine ...
Executed fine
Executed fine, the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo que il a de son done; or a fine upon acknowledgment of the right of the cognizee, as that which he has of the gift of the cognizor. Abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74)....
Post fine
Post fine, a duty otherwise called the King's silver, formerly paid to the King for the licentia concordandi, or leave to agree the suit, on the levying of a fine, 2 Bl. Com. 350. See FINE....
Proclamation, Fine with
Proclamation, Fine with. To render a fine more universally public and less liable to be levied by fraud or covin, it was directed by 4 Hen. 7, c. 24 (in confirmation of a previous statute), that a fine after engrossing should be openly and solemnly read and proclaimed in count (during which all pleas should cease), sixteen times, viz., four times in the term in which it was made, and four times in each of the three succeeding terms, which was reduced to once in each term by 31 Eliz. c. 2, and these proclamations were endorsed on the record. Abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833....
fine tooth
having fine teeth set close together as a fine tooth comb...
Daily fine
Daily fine, means a fine for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor. [Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (9 of 1910), s. 2 (d)]...
Fine arts
Fine arts. As to copyright in works of art, see the Copyright Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46). 'Artistic work' is defined by the Act as including 'works of painting, drawing, sculpture and artistic craftsmanship, and architectural works of art and engravings and photographs (s. 35). 'Work of sculpture' includes casts and models (ib.). 'Architectural work of art' is defined by the Act as 'any building or structure having an artistic character or design in respect of such character or design, or any model for such building or structure, provided that the protection afforded by the Act shall be confined to the artistic character and design and shall not extend to processes or methods of construction'; 'engravings' include 'etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, prints, and other similar works, not being photographs'; and 'photograph' includes photolithograph and any work produced by any process analogous to photography (ib.). As to what acts amount to an infringement of copyright, see s. 2 of ...
Fine pro redisseisina capiendo
Fine pro redisseisina capiendo, an old writ that lay for the release of one imprisoned for a redisseisin, on payment of a reasonable fine, Reg. Brev. 222....
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