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单词 amercing
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amercingn.

Brit. /əˈməːsɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈmərsɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English amersyng, 1500s– amercing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amerce v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < amerce v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier amercement n., amerciament n.
Now chiefly historical.
= amercement n. 2.In quot. a1475 in into amercing: = in amercement at amercement n. 2.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > infliction of > arbitrary fine
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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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