Common Fine
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
in old English law, A certain sum of money which the residents in a leet paid to the lord of the leet, otherwise called “head silver,” “cert money,” (gq. v.,) or “cerlum dete.” Termes de la Ley; Cowell. A sum of money paid by the inhab- D itants of a manor to their lord, towards the charge of holding a court leet, Bailey, Dict.