Fine on alienation

A fine on alienation (see Alienation (property law)), in feudal law, was a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant when he had occasion to make over his land to another.{{Cite book |title=Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia |date=March 2021 |edition=6th |chapter=Tenure, in law |chapter-url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=134498233&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |via=EBSCOhost}} It is similar in nature to a relief, a payment made by an heir to the lord to receive his inheritance.{{Cite book |last=Priest |first=Claire |title=Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America |date=2019 |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=176 |chapter=Notes |doi=10.1515/9780691185651-013|isbn=978-0-691-18565-1 }}