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Amercement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A non-statutory monetary penalty or forfeiture, usually applied at the discretion of a court.

    "29 March. The quhilk daye Thomas Garnes is fund in þe wrang and amerchiament of court, for þe violent ſchuting and towking of Dauid Fleming, officiar to the Cowparis, on frydaye laſt."

  2. 2
    money extracted as a penalty wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English amercement, from Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci. Also from Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amerciament, amercement, amerciment. Equivalent to amerce + -ment.

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