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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease</def>.

<cs><col>Fine for alienation</col> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld>, <cd>a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i> -- <col>Fine of lands</col>, <cd>a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party.</cd> <i>Burrill.</i> See <er>Concord</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4. -- <col>In fine</col>, <cd>in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fine</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; <as>as, the trespassers were <ex>fined</ex> ten dollars</as>.</def>

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<hw>Fine</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pay a fine. See <er>Fine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Men <b>fined</b> for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women <b>fined</b> for leave to marry. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fine</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>finer</ets>, F. <ets>finir</ets>. See <er>Finish</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Fine"draw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Finedrawn</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Finedrawing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.</def>

<i>Marryat.</i>

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<hw>Fine"draw`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who finedraws.</def>

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<hw>Fine"drawn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; <as>as, <ex>finedrawn</ex> speculations</as>.</def>

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<hw>Fi*neer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

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<hw>Fi*neer"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To veneer.</def>

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<hw>Fine"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets> end + <ets>-less</ets>.]</ety> <def>Endless; boundless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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