KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

500

PINE

FIRE

convicted of crime or misdemeanor. Lan caster v. Richardson, 4 Lans.

Finis est amicabilis compositio et finalis concordia ex conoensu et Concor dia domini regis vel jnsticiarum. Glan. lib. 8, c. 1. A fine is an amicable settlement and decisive agreement by consent and agree ment of our lord, the king, or his justices. Finis finexn litibus imponit. A fina puts an end to litigation. 3 Inst 78. Finis rei attendendns est. 3 Inst. 51. The end of a thing is to be attended to. Finis unius diei est principium alteri ng. 2 Bulst. 305. The end of one day is the beginning of another. FINITIO. An ending; death, as the end of life. Blount; Cowell. FINIUM REGUNDORTJM ACTIO. In the civil law. Action for regulating bound aries. The name of an action which lay be tween those who had lands bordering on each other, to settle disputed boundaries. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 499. Those that purify gold and silver, and part them toy fire and water from coarser metals; and therefore, in the statute of 4 Hen. VII. c. 2, they are also called "parters." Termes de la Ley. FIRDFARE. Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition, (indictio ad profectionem militarem.) Spel man. FIRDIRINGA. Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. Hen. I. FIRDSOCNE. Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman. FIRDWITE. In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, (mulcta detreo tantis militiam.) Spelman. A fine imposed for murder committed In the army; an acquittance of such fine. Fle ta, lib. 1, c. 47. FIRE. The effect of combustion. The juridical meaning of the word does not differ from the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231, et seq. —Fire and sword, letters of. In old Scotch law. Letters issued from the privy council in Scotland, addressed to the sheriff of the coun ty, authorizing him to call for the assistance of the county to dispossess a tenant retaining possession, contrary to the order of a judge or the sentence of A court. Wharton.—Fire arms. This word comprises all sorts of guns, fowling-pieces, blunderbusses, pistols, etc. Har ris v. Cameron, 81 Wis. 239, 51 N. W. 437, 29 Am. St. Rep. 891; Atwood v. State, 53 Ala. 509; Whitney Arms Co. v. Barlow, 38 N. Y. Super. Ct. 563.—-Firebare. A beacon or high tower by the seaside, wherein are continual lights, either to direct sailors in the night, or to give warning of the approach of an enemy. Cowell.—Fire>-bote. An allowance of wood or estovers to maintain competent firing for th« tenant. A sufficient allowance of wood to bum FINORS.