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fine noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French fin from Latin finis end, (in medieval Latin) a sum to be paid on concluding a lawsuit.]
I. End.
Cessation, termination, conclusion. Now only in in fine below. ME.
in fine (a) in the end, at last; (b) finally, to sum up, in short.
The end of life, death. ME-M16.
The limit; extremity, an extreme case. LME-M19.
The end in view; an aim, a purpose. LME-E17.
A consequence, a result. E16-E17.
II.
Law. The final agreement or settlement of a suit; spec. the compromise of a fictitious or collusive suit for the possession of land, formerly used as a form of conveyance. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
III. A fee, a penalty.
a. A penalty of any kind. arch. ME.
J. S. Blackie We stood for our faith, when our life was the fine.
b. A sum of money imposed as the penalty for breaking the law or a regulation. LME.
H. Hallam Fines to the amount of 85,000..were imposed on the Covenanters.
A sum of money offered or paid for exemption from punishment or as compensation for injury. ME-E17.
A fee paid for any privilege. LME-M18.
Hist. A fee paid to a feudal landlord by the tenant or vassal on the transfer or alienation of the tenancy. LME.
b. A sum of money paid by an incoming tenant in consideration of a low rent. E16.
Comb.: fine rolls Hist. rolls recording payments made to the Crown for the granting of privileges, land, etc.