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Fine :: Fine (n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars..

Mistress :: Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

Courteousness :: Courteousness (n.) The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..

Conge :: Conge (n.) To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Disgrace :: Disgrace (n.) To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.

Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Beadle :: Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To notify of a proceeding in court.

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..

Chancery :: Chancery (n.) In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity..

Popularity :: Popularity (n.) The act of courting the favor of the people.

Below :: Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below..

Pleaseman :: Pleaseman (n.) An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank.

Exhibit :: Exhibit (n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy..

Justiciary :: Justiciary (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.

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