Common Fine
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. finis communis.] 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, (q. v.) or certum letae. Termes de la ley. Cowell. — A sum of money paid by the inhabitants of a manor to their lord, towards the charge of holding a court leet. Bailey's Dict. See Leet. A fine or amercement imposed upon a county at large. Bract. fol.
36 b. Stat. Westm. 1, c. 18. 2 Inst. 197.