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Encyclopedia: Amercement
An amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers. While it is often synonymous with a fine, it differs in that a fine is a fi...
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tr.v. a·merced, a·merc·ing, a·merc·es. 1. Law To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court. 2. To punish by imposing an arbitrary...
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Definition of amerce in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of amerce. Pronunciation of amerce. Translations of amerce. amerce synonyms, amerce antonyms. Information about amerce in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. 1. Law To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court. amercement n...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on amercement (English law), in English law, an arbitrary financial penalty, formerly imposed on an offender by his...
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Definition Of amercement – Our online dictionary has amercement Information from The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English dictionary. Encyclopedia.com: English, Psychology, Medical dictionaries History on display.; Magazine article from: Florida Bar News; 1/15/2006; English law over New York Law.;
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AMERCIAMENT, AMERCEMENT - English Law. A pecuniary punishment arbitrarily imposed by some lord or count, in distinction from a fine which is expressed...
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Use amercement in a Sentence · See web results for amercement · See images of amercement. –verb (used with object), a⋅merced, a⋅merc⋅ing.
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2707.01 Amercement of officer. 2707.02 Notice of motion for amercement. 2707.03 Amercement for not serving or returning process.
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The statute of Marlborough (1267) made a "fermor" (as above defined) committing waste liable to grievous amercement as well as to damages, and followed Magna Carta in forbidding waste by a guardian.
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