Fine Sur Done Grant Et Render
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, and the fine sur concessit. It may be used to convey writ of covenant; whereas the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., conveys nothing but an absolute estate, either of inheritance, or at least freehold. Salk. 340. In this last species of fines, the cognizee, after the right is acknowledged to be in him, grants back again, or renders to the cognizor, or perhaps to a stranger, some other estate in the premises. 2 Bl. Coram. 353; Viner, Abr. "Fine;" Comyn, Dig. "Fine;" 1 Washb. Real Prop. 33. FINEM FACERE (Lat.) To make or pay a fine. Bracton, 106; Skene de Verb. Sign.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo and the fine sur concessit. It might be used to convey particular limitations of estates, whereas the fine sur cognizance de dfroit come ceo, etc., conveyed nothing but an absolute estate, either of inheritance, or at least freehold. In this last species of fines, the cognizee, after the right was acknowledged to be in him, granted back again or rendered to the cognizor, or perhaps to a stranger, some other estate in the premises. 2 Bl. Comm. 353.
In criminal law. Pecuniary punishment imposed by a lawful tribunal upon a person convicted of crime or misdemeanor. Lancaster v. Richardson, 4 Lans. <N. Y.) 140; State v. Belle, 92 Iowa, 258, 60 N. W. 525; State v. Ostwalt, 118 N. C. 1208, 24 St E. 660, 32 In R. A. 396. It means, among other things, "a sum of money paid at the end, to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty." In ordinary legal language, however, it means a sum of money imposed by a court according to law, as a punishment for the breach of some penal statute. Railroad Co. v. State, 22 Kan. 15. . It is not confined to a pecuniary punishment of an offense, inflicted by a court in the exercise of criminal jurisdiction. It has other meanings, and may include a forfeiture, or a penalty recoverable by eivil action. Hanscomb v. Russell, 11 Gray (Mass.) 373.
Defined under Fine in Black's Law Dictionary.