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Joint Fine

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

In old English law. "If a whole vill is to be fined, a joint fine may be laid, and it will be good for the necessity of it; but, in other cases, fines for offenses are to be severally imposed on each particular offender, and not jointly upon all of them." Jacob.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A fine imposed upon two or more jointly.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The flue which might be levied upon a whole vill.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. "If a whole vill is to be fined, a joint fine may be laid, and it will be good for the necessity of it; but, in other cases, fines for offenses are to be severally imposed on each particular offender, and not jointly upon all of them." Jacob.

Defined under Fine in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In old Englishlaw., “Tf a Whole vill is to be fined, a joint fine may be Jaid, and it will be good for the necessity of it; but, in other cases, fines for offenses are to be severally imposed on each particular offemier, and not jointly upon all of them.” Jacob.