Double fine

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was calied a "double fine," because it comprehended the fine eur cognisance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine eur concessit. 2 Bl. Comm. 353

— Donble insurance. where divers insurances are made upon the same interest in the same subject against the same risks in favor of the same assured, in proportions exceeding the value. 1 Phill. Ins. §§ 359, 366. A double insurance exists where the same person is insured by several insurers separately in respect to the same subject and interest. Civ. Code Cal. § 2641; Wells v. Insurance Co., 9 Serg. & It, (Pa.) 107; Insurance Co., v, Gwathmey, 82 Va. 923, 1 S. E. 200; Perkins v. Insurance Co... 12 Mass. 218; Lowell Mfg. Co. v. Safeguard F. Ins. Co., 88 N. Y. 597.

Defined under Double in Black's Law Dictionary.