Fine

A sum of money paid by an offender by way of punishment In old English law. Further, a sum of money paid for a privilege; a species of conveyance and assurance by matter of record, formerly in extensive use, in form a fictitious suit compromised by the defendant and terminated by an acknowledgment of the plaintiff's right. Fine and recovery act: the statutes 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 74, abolishing fines and recoveries. In feudal law. Fine for alienation: a sum of money paid to the lord by the tenant whenever he aliened; a sum paid for license to alien.