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finium regundorum actio (fI-nee-<<schwa>>m ri-g<<schwa>>n-dor-<<schwa>>m ak-shee-oh). [Latin “action for regulating boundaries”] Roman law. An action for settling a boundary dispute.[Blacks Law 8th]

finitio (fi-nish-ee-oh). [Law Latin] Hist. An ending; death.[Blacks Law 8th]

finis (fI-nis orfin-is). [Latin] Hist. 1. Boundary or limit. 2. The compromise of a fine of conveyance. See FINE (1). “The parties then applied to the court to compromise the action; by the terms of the compromise (finis) the intending vendor admitted that the land belonged to the intending purchaser because he had given it…

finire (fi-nI-ree), vb. [Law Latin] Hist. 1.To fine; to pay a fine. 2. To end or finish a matter.[Blacks Law 8th]

fingerprint claim.See PATENT CLAIM.[Blacks Law 8th]

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]