Finis
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In old English law and practice. An end or termination. Finis unius diei est principium alterius; the end of one day is the beginning of the next.
2 Bulst. 305.
Finis rei attendendus est
The end of a thing is to be attended to.
3 Inst. 51.
The means by which a crime is accomplished is a subordinate consideration. Id. ibid. A fine, or payment of money, as an end, satisfaction or settlement of a claim, offence, or other matter.
Reg. Orig. 222 b, 232, 179. Reg. Jud. 25 a.
See Fine. A fine or conveyance of land, as the end or settlement of a pretended suit; or as the end of all controversy respecting the title, (quia finem imponit litibus.) See Fine of lands. A terminus, limit, or boundary of land. Bundae et metes et rationabiles divisae, quae ponuntur in terminis et finibus agrorum. Bract. fol.
166, 167.
See Divisa.
See Divisa.