FINESUR COGNIZANCE DE DROIT TANTUM

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 […]