2. Noun. Fine particles, whether or not airborne. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of fine) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fines
1. fine [v] - See also: fine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fines
Literary usage of Fines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"fines.—We are next to consider a very usual species of assurance, which is also of
... Abolition of fines and recoveries.—fines and common recoveries were ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"... it should be competent for the inquisitors to inflict the pecuniary penance
of fines. The voluntary poverty and renunciation of money of the Mendicants, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"46. kingdom called England : and whereas such delays impede the due administration
of justice as well as the recovery of the fines and forfeitures due to ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"235), relating to the fines and forfeitures arising in that court, which are
required to be paid into the treasury of Clarke county, a former solicitor of ..."
5. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"These civil fmes, known as environmental-sanction fines, are imposed when ...
The fines range in amount from SEK l 000 to SEK l million and apply to about ..."
6. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1907)
"During the vacation fresh proofs were discovered, and a number of persons who
had hitherto escaped detection were fines included in the accusation. ..."
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