Fine

Common examples of fines are monies paid for violations of traffic laws. Fines can also be used as a form of tax.

Do not confuse fines with bail.

A fine for alienation, in feudal law[?], is a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. A fine of lands is a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party.