Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fine

In criminal law, the term denotes one form of punishment imposed whereby the offender is ordered to pay a certain sum o: money . It is a pecuniary penalty and may include forfeiture . It may be imposed, depending on the provisions of the statute , in lieu of or in addition to a term of imprisonment . In the law of tenure , it meant a pay men: due to a lord Such payments were due on every alienation or conveyance of land. In course of time, the term also came to denote a fictitious judicial proceeding brought to effect a conveyance of land.

noun

• amercement
• compulsory payment
• forfeit
• forfeiture
• legal liability
• liability
• mulct
• rnulta
• payment for misconduct
• pecuniary penalty
• pecuniary punishment
• penalty
• prescribed punishment
• sconce Associated Concepts: excessive fine
• forfeitures
• penaltiesforeign phrases: Quam rationabilis debet esse finis
• non definitur
• sed omnibus circumstantiis inspectis pendet ex justiciariorum discretione
• What a reasonable fine ought to be is not defined
• but is left to the discretion of the judges
• all the circumstances being considered
• Mulcta damnum famae non irrogat
• A fine does not impose a loss of reputation

verb

• amerce
• exact a penalty
• exact retribution
• impose a forfeiture
• impose a mulct
• impose a penalty
• impose payment for misconduct
• impose pecuniary punishment
• inflict a penalty upon
• mulct
• multare
• penalize
• punish
• punish by pecuniary penalty
• subject to a pecuniary penalty
• tax

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English Spanish Translation of Fine

Multa

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Fine in the law of the United States

Fine: Related U.S. Resources

• Fine in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Criminal Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Criminal Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

See Also

restitution, 182 Sentence (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Fine

(You may find fine at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

c. 1200, “termination, end; end of life,” from Old French fin “end, limit, boundary; death; fee, payment, finance, money” (10c.), from Latin finis “end” (see finish (verb)), in Medieval Latin also “payment in settlement, fine or tax.” Modern meaning “exaction of money payment for an offense or dereliction” is via sense of “sum of money paid for exemption from punishment or to compensate for injury” (mid-14c., from the same sense in Anglo-French, late 13c.) and from phrases such as to make fine “make one’s peace, settle a matter” (c. 1300). Meaning “sum of money imposed as penalty for some offense” is first recorded 1520s.

Resources

See Also

Law Dictionaries.

chance would be a fine thing, rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fine in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of fine.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• fine in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• fine in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Fine

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Fine :

1. A sum of money that an offender is ordered to pay on convictio Most *summary offences are punishable by a fine with a fixed maximum, in accordance with a standard scale of five levels. These are currently (2001) as follows: level 1 -£200; level 2 – £500; level 3 – £1000; level 4 – £2500; level 5 – £5000. Under the Criminal Justice Act 1991, before fixing a fine, a court must enquire into the financial circumstances of the offender and the amount of the fine fixed by the court should, in addition, reflect the seriousness of the offence. Sometimes provision is made for imprisonment in cases of failure to pay the fine. A fine may also be imposed instead of, or in addition to, any other punishment for someone convicted on indictment (except in cases of murder). This fine is at large, i.e. the amount is at the discretion of the judge. Fines are often imposed upon companies for breach of statutory obligations; although the sums may be relatively small, companies will try to avoid being fined because of the bad publicity this may cause.

When imposing a fine on an offender under the age of 16 (See juvenile offender), the court is not normally empowered to order the offender to pay the fine himself unless his parent or guardian cannot be found or it would be unreasonable in the circumstances to expect his parent or guardian to pay it. Otherwise the offender pays unless payment by the parent or guardian is more appropriate.

2. A lump-sum payment by a tenant to a landlord for the grant or renewal of a lease.

See also premium.

fine: Vocabulary part of speech

fine (noun)

Meaning of this part of speech

money that a person pays for breaking a law

fine in an Example Sentence

You can get charged a large fine for speeding in a school zone.

Justice System: fine

Fine (Criminal Judicial Process)

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Hierarchical Display of Fine

Law > Criminal law > Penalty

Meaning of Fine

Overview and more information about Fine

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Translation of Fine

• Spanish: Multa
• French: Amende
• German: Geldstrafe
• Italian: Ammenda
• Portuguese: Multa
• Polish: Kara pieniężna

Thesaurus of Fine

Law > Criminal law > Penalty > Fine

See also

• Sanction (EU)

• Periodic penalty payment