Finalis concordia — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A final concord.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A final or conclusive agreement. In the process of "levying a fine," this was a final agreement entered by the litigating parties upon the record, by permission of court, settling the title to the land, and which was binding upon them like any judgment of the court. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 70.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A final or conclusive agreement. In the process of “levying a fine,” this was a final agreement entered by the litigating partics upon the record, by permission of court, settling the title tothe land, and which was binding upon them like any judgment of the court. 1 Washb. Real Prop. *70.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. In old conveyancing. A final concord; a fine of lands. Talis coneordia finalis dieitur, eo quod finem imponit negotio, odea tH neutra pars litigantium ah eo de ccetero poterit reeedere. Such a concord is called final because it puts an end to the matter, so that neither of the litigating parties can afterwards recede from it. Olanv, lib. 9, c. 3. Dieitur finalis Concordia, et ideo finalis quia imponit finem liiibus. It is called a final concord because it puts an end to suits. Bract, fbl. 435 b« These* passages are descriptive of a fine when it was in the form of an R«tual suit.