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fingerprint,n.1. The distinctive pattern of lines on a human fingertip <no two fingerprints are identical>. [Cases: Criminal Law 475.5.] 2. The impression of a fingertip made on any surface <the detective found several fingerprints on the knife>.3. An ink impression of the pattern of lines on a fingertip, usu. taken during the booking procedure after…

finger pillory.See PILLORY.[Blacks Law 8th]

finger,vb. Slang. To identify (a person) as a perpetrator, usu. of a crime <in his grand-jury testimony, Vinson fingered Bauer as the gunman>[Blacks Law 8th]

fine sur done, grant et render (fIn s<<schwa>>r dawn, grant ay ren-d<<schwa>>r). [Law French “fine upon gift, grant and render”] Hist. A double conveyance, consisting of a fine sur cognizance de droit, come ceo que il ad de son done and a fine sur concessit, used to convey particular limitations of estates. • For example,…

fine sur concessit (fIn s<<schwa>>r k<<schwa>>n-ses-it). [Law French] Hist. A species of conveyance in which the cognizor does not acknowledge the cognizee’s preceding right in land but grants the cognizee an estate de novo, usu. for life or a term of years, by way of supposed composition. See FINE (1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fine sur cognizance de droit tantum (fIn s<<schwa>>r kon-<<schwa>>-z<<schwa>>nts d<<schwa>> droyt tan-t<<schwa>>m). [Law French “fine upon acknowledgment of the right merely”] Hist. A fine of conveyance that does not acknowledge a prior conveyance of land. • This type of fine was used to convey reversionary interests — that is, interests that did not require acknowledgment…

fine sur cognizance de droit, come ceo que il ad de son done (fIn s<<schwa>>r kon-<<schwa>>-z<<schwa>>nts d<<schwa>> droyt, kom say-oh kweel ad d<<schwa>>sawni dawin). [Law French “a fine upon acknowledgment of the right, as that which he has of his gift”] Hist. The most common fine of conveyance, by which the defendant (also called the…

fines le roy (fInz l<<schwa>> roy). [Law French] Hist. The king’s fines. • A fine or fee that was paid to the monarch for an offense or contempt.[Blacks Law 8th]

fine pro redisseisina capiendo (proh re-dis-see-zin-<<schwa>> kap-ee-en-doh). [Law Latin “a fine to be taken for again disseising”] Hist. A writ that entitled a person imprisoned for twice dispossessing someone (redisseisin) to release upon payment of a reasonable fine.[Blacks Law 8th]

fine print.The part of an agreement or document — usu. in small, light print that is not easily noticeable — referring to disclaimers, restrictions, or limitations.[Blacks Law 8th]