单词 | amercing |
释义 | amercingn. Now chiefly historical. = amercement n. 2.In quot. a1475 in into amercing: = in amercement at amercement n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > infliction of > arbitrary fine amercementa1325 mercementa1387 amerciament1397 merciamentc1455 amercinga1475 mulctation1483 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 101 (MED) Yf the men of the same Abbesse trespassed..so that they fille into amersyng or a-mercement, the same Aleyne and his heires shold have a resonable amercement. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Condemnation d'amende, an amercing or putting to fine. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Multation, a fining, amercing, punishing by the purse. 1641 T. Hayne tr. M. Adam Life & Death Dr. Martin Luther 50 Lastly, concerning the amercing of priests who either married, or left their order, the decree was too harsh. 1766 D. Barrington Observ. Statutes 43 The power of amercing was equally abused in the inferior courts. 1829 R. Thomson Hist. Ess. Magna Carta 202 The amercing of priests according to their lay-estates and the degree of their faults..was a privilege of the Church. 1908 J. H. Ramsay Dawn of Constit. xxxiii. 526 The amercing of counties, hundreds and townships for miscarriages of justice, contempt of Royal orders, or the like, always figured among their duties. 1982 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 26 21 Of course, amercing for failure to report, which did occur, would have created a counter tendency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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