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Definitions of amerce in various dictionaries:
verb - punish with an arbitrary penalty
verb - punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court
To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court.
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| bDefinitionb of bAMERCEb. transitive verb. : to punish by a fine whose amount is fixed by the court broadly : punish. |
| Punish with a fine. |
| Law To punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily at the discretion of the court. |
| To punish by imposing an arbitrary penalty. |
| punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court |
| punish with an arbitrary penalty |
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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). * While it is often synonymous with a fine, it differs in that a fine is a fixed sum prescribed by statute and was often voluntary, while an amercement is arbitrary. Amercements were commonly used as a punishment for minor offenses (such as trespassing in the King's forest), as an alternative to imprisonment. |
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