Fin
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation.'
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
End; limit; period of limitation. without entering into the merits of the action shows that the plaintiff has no right to bring it, either because the time during which it ought to have been brought has elapsed, which is called prescription, or that there has been a compromise, accord, and satisfaction, or any other cause which has destroyed the right of action which once subsisted. Pothier, Proo. Civ. pt 1, c. 2, s. 2, art 2; Story, Confl. Laws § 680.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
fr. An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation. Fin de non-reeevoir: a legal bar to the maintenance of a claim.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation. ' FIN DE NON RECEVOIR. In French daw. An exception or plea founded on law, shich, withont entering into the merits of he action, shows that the plaintiff has no ht to bring it, either because the time durwhich it ought to have been brought has sed, which is called “prescription,” or { there has been a compromise, accord and staction, or any other cause which has destroyed the right of action which once subfisted. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 1, ¢. 2, § 2, art, 2. _