Abstract Of Fine

Concept of Abstract of Fine

Traditional meaning of abstract of fine [1] in the English common law history: Abstract of Pleas: a short statement of the pleas a defendant intended to plead, attached to the summons for leave to plead several pleas. In English practice, and now obsolete. Abstract of title: a short statement of the grants, devises, and incimibrances affecting property, on which the title depends; 7 W . Va.390. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Abstract of Fine”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Abstract of Fine.

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