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Webster 1913 Edition


Post-fine

Post′-fineˊ

,
Noun.
[Pref.
post-
+
fine
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; – called also the
king’s silver
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Post-fine

POST-FINE

,
Noun.
In English law, a fine due to the king by prerogative, after a licentia concordandi given in a fine of lands and tenements; called also the king's silver.

Definition 2024


post-fine

post-fine

English

Noun

post-fine (plural post-fines)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; the king's silver.