Common fine
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old English law
A certain snm of money which the residents in a leet paid to the lord of the leet, otherwise called "head silver," "cert money," (q. v.,) or "certum, letes."
Termes de 1a Ley; Cowell.
A sum of money paid by the inhabitants of a manor to their lord, towards the charge of holding a court ieet. Bailey, Diet.