Primer
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A law-French word signifying first; primary.
Primer fine
On the levying of a fine when the writ of covenant was sued out, there was due to the king, by ancient prerogative, a sum of money called primer fine, being a noble for every five marks of land sued for. It was so called because there was another fine payable afterwards, which was termed the post fine. Brown. Primer seisin. During the feudal tenures, when any of the king's tenants in capite died seised of lands or tenements, the crown was entitled to receive of the heir, if he were of full age, a sum of money amounting to one whole year's profits of the lands, which was termed primer seisin, i.e. first possession.
1 Cruise Dig. 31; 2 Coke Inst. 134.