What is "in fine"

Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See Finish, and cf. Finance.]

1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] ``To see their fatal fine.''
   --Spenser.

   Is this the fine of his fines?
   --Shak.

2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.

3. (Law)

   1. (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
      --Spelman.

   2. (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.

      Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another.
      --Burrill.

      Fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party.
      --Burrill. See Concord, n.,

4. In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.

adv. (context archaic English) ultimately, in the end; in conclusion.