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A0249600 (ə-mûrs′)tr.v. a·merced, a·merc·ing, a·merc·es Law To punish by fine or other penalty.

[Middle English amercen, from Anglo-Norman amercier, from à merci, at the mercy of : à, to (from Latin ad; see ad-) + merci, mercy (from Latin mercēs, wages).]

a·merce′a·ble adj.a·merce′ment n.

amercement, amerciament

1. punishment or penalty applied at the discretion of a court or other authority, as contrasted with a penalty predetermined by statute.
2. the imposing of such a penalty. — amercer, n.See also: Punishment

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amercement - money extracted as a penalty fine, mulctpenalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contractlibrary fine - fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned

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nounA sum of money levied as punishment for an offense:fine, mulct, penalty.

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AMERCEMENT, practice. A pecuniary penalty imposed upon a person who is inmisericordia; as, for example, when the defendant se retaxit, or recessit incontemptum curioe. 8 Co. 58; Bar. Ab. Fines and Amercements. By the commonlaw, none can be amerced in his absence, except for his default. Non licetaliquem in sua absentia amerciare nisi per ejus defaltas. Fleta, lib. 2,cap. 65, Sec. 15.
2. Formerly, if the sheriff failed in obeying the writs, rules, ororders of the court, he might be amerced; that is, a penalty might beimposed upon him; but this practice has been superseded by attachment. InNew Jersey and Ohio, the sheriff may, by statutory provision, be amerced formaking a return contrary to the provision of the statute. Coxe, 136, 169; 6Halst. 334; 3 Halst. 270, 271; 5 Halst. 319; 1 Green, 159, 341; 2 Green,350; 2 South. 433; 1 Ham. 275; 2 Ham. 603; 6 Ham. 452; Wright, 720.

AMERCIAMENT, AMERCEMENT, English law. A pecuniary punishment arbitrarilyimposed by some lord or count, in distinction from a fine which is expressedaccording to the statute. Kitch. 78. Amerciament royal, when the amerciamentis made by the sheriff, or any other officer of the king. 4 Bl. Com. 372.

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noun a sum of money levied as punishment for an offense

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noun money extracted as a penalty

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