单词 | post fine |
释义 | post finen. Law (historical in later use). A duty formerly paid to the Crown for the royal licence (licentia concordandi) to levy a fine; = king's silver n. (a) at king n. Compounds 5b.Called the post fine as distinguished from the pre-fine which was due on the writ. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for privilege > [noun] > of levying fines post fine1573 king's silver1617 prefine1625 1573 N. Bacon in A. H. Smith et al. Papers N. Bacon of Stiffkey (1979) I. 71 It was..paid to one Smith understeward of the Duchie dwellinge at Wighton for a post fine for the alienation mad by Banyard to your Lordship. 1620 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 145 For the chargeis of a post-fyne..in Candelmase tearm for 4 tone of wyne. 1670 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. (1931) II. 17 Dec. 43 Paid Robt Jones, bayliiffe of Bromfield, post ffine for the lands bought of mr Tymothy in Esclusham. 1701 G. Booth Nature & Pract. Real Actions iv. ix. 247 There's no other King's Silver paid in Cheshire, for there is no Post Fine (which is properly the King's Silver) paid there. 1758 Act 32 Geo. II c. 14 §1 The Officer..whose Duty it is to set and indorse the Pre-fine payable.., shall..at the same Time, set the usual Post Fine. 1791 Cases with Opinions of Eminent Counsel I. 427 If it has been duly entered there, and the king's silver paid, and the post fine has been duly marked, and all the other requisites performed. 1862 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. I. 210 The hereditary revenues specified in the Act were these: the hereditary duties on beer, ale, or other liquors, the post-office, first-fruits and tenths, fines on writs, post fines, wine licenses, [etc.]. 1887 48th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. 642 Receipts given on behalf of the Farmers of Post Fines for the several amounts of Post Fines received from the Sheriffs of the several counties. 1937 PMLA 52 1094 Grants from the King began at once, they included the right to collect and farm the most profitable customs (known as the Post Fines and the Greenwax duties). 1976 Hist. Jrnl. 19 333 The Post Fines were part of the Greenwax in its wider sense. They were granted to Lord Knollys (later earl of Banbury) in 1608. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573 |
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