Fine For Endowment
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An old English law grounded on the feudal exactions that a woman could not be endowed without a fine paid to the lord of the tenement. Abolished by Henry I., and afterwards by Magna Charta (chapter 7). 2 Bl. Comm. 135.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A fine anciently payable to the lord by the widow of a tenant without which she could not be endowed of her husband’s lands. Abolished under Henry I., and by Magna Carta. Moz. & W. FINE NON CAPIENDO PRO PULCHRE
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A fine anciently payable to the lord by the widow of a tenant, without which she could not be endowed of her husband's lands. Abolished under Henry I., and by Magna Charta. 2 Bl. Comm. 135; Mozley & Whitley.
—Fine sur cognisance de droit come ceo que il ad de son done. A fine upon acknowledgment of the right of the cognizee as that which he hath of the gift of the cognizor. By this the deforciant acknowledged in court a former foeffment or gift in possession to have been made by him to the plaintiff. 2 Bl. Comm. 352.
Defined under Fine in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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