n. In conveyanclng. An amicable composition or agreement of a suit, either actual or fictitious, by leave of the court, by which the lands in question become, or are acknowledged to toe, the right of one of the parties. 2 Bl. Comm. 349; Christy v. Burch* 25 Fia. 942, 2
More... n. In conveyanclng. An amicable composition or agreement of a suit, either actual or fictitious, by leave of the court, by which the lands in question become, or are acknowledged to toe, the right of one of the parties. 2 Bl. Comm. 349; Christy v. Burch* 25 Fia. 942, 2 South. 258; First Nat Bank v. Roberts, 9 Mont. 323, 23 Pac. 718; Hitz Jeuks, 123 U. S. 297, 8 Sup. Ct. 143, 31 L. Ed. 156; McGregor v. Cornstock, 17 N. Y. 166. Fines were abolished in England by St. 3 A 4 Wm. IV. c. 74, substituting a disentailing deed, (q. v.)
The party who parted with the land, by acknowledging the right of the other, was said to levy the fine, and was called the "cog-nizor" or "conusor," while the party who recovered or received the estate was termed the "cognlzee" or "conusee," and the fine was said to be levied to him.
In the law of tenure. A fine is a money payment made by a feudal tenant to his> lord The most usual fine is that payable on the admittance of a new tenant but there are also due in some manors fines upon alienation, on a license to demise the lands, or on tbe death of the lord, or other events. Elton, Copyh. 159; De Peyster v. Michael, & N. Y. 495, 57 Am. Dec. 470.
-Executed fine, see EXECUTED.-Fine and reoovery not. The English statutes 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74, for abolishing fines and recoveries. 1 Steph. Comm. 514, et seq.-Fine for-alienation. A fine anciently payable upon the alienation of a feudal estate and substitution of a new tenant It was payable to the lord by all tenants holding by knight's service or tenants in capite by socage tenure. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24. See 2 Bl. Comm. 71, 89.-Fine for endowment. A fine anciently payable to the lord by the widow of a tenant, without which she could not be endowed of her husband's lands. Abolished under Henry L, and by Magna Charta. 2 Bl. Comm. 135; Moz-ley A Whitley.-Fine sur cognlsanoe do droit oomo ceo quo il ad de son done. A fine upon acknowledgment of the right of the cognises as that which he hath of the gift ot the cognisor. By this the deforciant acknowl-s edged in court a former foeffment or gift in possession to have been made by him to the plaintiff. 2 Bl. Comm. 352.-Fine sur eos> niaance do droit tantum. A fine upon acknowledgment of the right merely, and not with the circumstance of a preceding gift from the cognizor. This was commonly used to pass a reversionary interest which was in the cognisor, of which there could be no foeffment supposed. 2 Bl. Comm. 853; 1 Steph. Comm. 519.-Fine sur oonoessit. A fine upon concessit, (he hath granted.) A species of fine, where the cognizor, in order to make an end of disputes, though he acknowledged no precedent right, yet granted' to the cognizee an estate de novo, usually for life or years, by way of supposed composition. 2 Bl. Comm. 3o3; 1 Steph. Comm. 519.-Fine sur done sprant et render. A double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo and the fine sur concessit. It might be used to convey particular limitations of estates, whereas the fine sur cognisance de droit come ceo, etc., conveyed nothing but an absolute estate, either of inheritance, or at least freehold. In this last species of fines, the cognizee, after the right was acknowledged to be in him, granted back again or rendered to the cognizor, or perhaps to a stranger, some other estate in-the premises. 2 Bl. Comm. 353.
In criminal law. Pecuniary punishment imposed by a lawful tribunal upon a person
convicted of crime or misdemeanor. Lancaster v. Richardson, 4 Lans,
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