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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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In old English law

First Primer fine: a fine or payment due to the king on suing out the writ of pi-cecipe, in levying a fina Primer seisin: a feudal right of the king when auy of his tenants in eapite died seised of a knight's fee, to receive from the heir, if he were of full age, a year's profits, if the lands were in immediate possession, or half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion expectant on a life estate.