Definitions for amercement
  • Amerce (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.
  • Amerce (v. t.) - To punish, in general; to mulct.
  • Amerceable (a.) - Liable to be amerced.
  • Amerced (imp. & p. p.) - of Amerce
  • Amercement (n.) - The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.]
  • Amercements - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Amercer (n.) - One who amerces.
  • Amercers - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Amerces - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Amercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Amerce
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