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Wite
Wite [Sax.], a punishment, pain, penalty, mulct, or criminal fine. The wite was a penalty paid to the Crown by a murderer. The were was the fine a
King's silver
the King, in the Court of Common Pleas for a licence granted to a man to levy a fine of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another person; and this must have been compounded, according to the value
Lease
but by s. 149 of the Act leases for life at a rent or in consideration of a fine have been converted into terms of 90 years, terminable by notice as there provided. A term of years
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Penalty
recoverable by action from a person infringing a statute. See PENAL STATUTES. 4. A sum, also called a fine, recoverable in a Court of Summary Jurisdiction from a person infringing a statute. The words 'where any penalty
Railway
every passenger ticket 'the fare chargeable for the journey for which such ticket is issued,' on pain of fine upto 40s. for every ticket issued without bearing the fare on its face, by s. 6 of the
To forfeit
when a discrimination is made, the word 'penalty' is found to be generic in its character, including both fine and forfeiture. A 'fine' is a pecuniary penalty, and is commonly (perhaps always) to be collected by suit
Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance
unless she was entitled thereto for her separate use to comply with the formalities prescribed by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 74), ss. 77-91, with regard to land, and
Pandect', or Digesta
their sessions once a week for the purpose of correcting imperfect copies in possession of circulating libraries; a fine of five soldi was imposed on all possessors of defective books, together with the expenses of correction, for
Tail
of the debtor's interest in the estate and a trustee in bankruptcy may bar the entail, see (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 74), ss. 69 et seq., and now by
Recovery
Conv. c. 1; 1 Hall. Cons. Hist. c. i. 12. An estate-tail might also be barred by a fine (q.v.). A friend brought an action of recovery against the tenant-in-tail. The action was then settled upon the
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