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Definition of amercement in English: amercementnoun əˈməːsməntəˈmərsmənt English Law historical A fine. 〔英格兰律〕〈史〉罚金 courts continued to impose small amercements mass noun default resulted in heavy amercement Example sentencesExamples - In other actions the unsuccessful party has to pay an amercement for making an unjust, or resisting a just claim; the defendant found guilty of trespass is fined and imprisoned.
- The tenant is also to receive a serious amercement for his trespass in disobeying the bailiffs.
- Each is to levy and collect all fines, rents, farms and amercements due from his ward and execute, diligently and without fraud or negligence, all commands and instructions occurring in relation to his ward.
- Justice, for example, a major source of royal income by the end of the twelfth century, could be exploited in this way because a large number of people existed to pay fines and amercements.
- In 1464 the Colchester bailiffs dismissed one of their sergeants for concealing private quarrels from the court, settling them himself, and pocketing the amercements, as well as for refusing to obey the orders of the bailiffs.
Synonyms penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance
Derivativesverb əˈməːsəˈmərs [with object]English Law historical Punish with a fine. the defendant shall be amerced for his trespass Example sentencesExamples - In 1309 he was amerced by the leet court for using non-standard measures to sell goods.
- If the bailiffs find anyone in contravention of this, or if any reputable man makes a complaint about such an offence, and the accused is convicted then he must be heavily amerced by the bailiffs and any complainant is to be awarded damages.
- Many archaic French usages continue in the legal usage of England, such as: amerce, implead, malfeasance, tort.
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amerciment, based on estre amercie 'be at the mercy of another' (with respect to the amount of a fine), from a merci 'at (the) mercy'. Definition of amercement in US English: amercementnounəˈmərsmənt English Law historical A fine. 〔英格兰律〕〈史〉罚金 courts continued to impose small amercements mass noun default resulted in heavy amercement Example sentencesExamples - In other actions the unsuccessful party has to pay an amercement for making an unjust, or resisting a just claim; the defendant found guilty of trespass is fined and imprisoned.
- Justice, for example, a major source of royal income by the end of the twelfth century, could be exploited in this way because a large number of people existed to pay fines and amercements.
- The tenant is also to receive a serious amercement for his trespass in disobeying the bailiffs.
- In 1464 the Colchester bailiffs dismissed one of their sergeants for concealing private quarrels from the court, settling them himself, and pocketing the amercements, as well as for refusing to obey the orders of the bailiffs.
- Each is to levy and collect all fines, rents, farms and amercements due from his ward and execute, diligently and without fraud or negligence, all commands and instructions occurring in relation to his ward.
Synonyms penalty, financial penalty, fine, fee, charge, sanction, punitive action, penance
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French amerciment, based on estre en la merci ‘be at the mercy of another’ (with respect to the amount of a fine). |