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French. A fine of land wherein the cognizor, in order to make an end of disputes, though he acknowledges no precedent right, grants to the cognizee an estate de novo, usually for life or years, by way of supposed composition. And this may be done reserving a rent, or the like; for it operates as a new grant.
