'In fine' definitions:
Definition of 'In fine'
From: GCIDE
- Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See Finish, and cf. Finance.]
- 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] "To see their fatal fine." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. --Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. [1913 Webster]
- Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. --Burrill.
- Fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. --Burrill. See Concord, n., 4.
- In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'In fine'
- Fine,
- Fined,
- Finely,
- Fineness,
- Fining,
- To fine,
- Chirographer of fines,
- Fine arch,
- Fine arts,
- Fine cut,
- Fine for alienation,
- Fine goods,
- Fine of lands,
- Fine stuff,
- Fining pot,
- Foot of the fine,
- Freedom fine,
- In fine fettle,
- Primer fine,
- To levy a fine,
- To sail fine,
- fine and dandy,
- fine art,
- fine drawn,
- fine fettle,
- fine grained,
- fine metal,
- fine print,
- fine spoken,
- fine spray,
- fine structure,
- fine writing,
- fines herbes,
- library fine,
- Post-fine,
- doctor of fine arts,
- fine kettle of fish,
- fine-grained,
- fine-leafed,
- fine-leaved,
- fine-looking,
- fine-textured,
- fine-tooth,
- fine-toothed,
- fine-tune,
- master of fine arts,
- vase-fine,
- brave fine gay glorious,
- fine-leaved heath,
- fine-tooth comb,
- fine-toothed comb