Post-fine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Post-fine \Post"-fine`\, n. [Pref. post- + fine.] (O. Eng. Law)
     A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands,
     when the same was fully passed; -- called also the {king's
     silver}.
     [1913 Webster]