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amerce
v.
punish; fine, punish with a fine, impose a tax upon
n.
(English Law- in the past) fine, monetary penalty, punishment which involves the payment of a specified sum of money
Amercement
An
amercement is a financial penalty in
English law, common during the
Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers. The noun "amercement" lately derives from the verb
to amerce, thus: the King amerces his subject, who offended some law. The term is of
Anglo-Norman origin, (
Law French, from French, from Latin), and literally means "being at the mercy of":
a-merce-ment (English
mercy is cognate).
amerce
Verb
1. punish with an arbitrary penalty
(hypernym) punish, penalize, penalise
2. punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
(hypernym) ticket, fine
(derivation) fine, mulct, amercement
Amerce
(v. t.)
To punish, in general; to mulct.
(v. t.)
To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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