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amerce
[uh-murs]
verb (used with object)
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
to punish by inflicting any discretionary or arbitrary penalty.
amerce
/ əˈɜː /
verb
law to punish by a fine
to punish with any arbitrary penalty
Other Word Forms
- amerceable adjective
- amercement noun
- amercer noun
- unamerceable adjective
- unamerced adjective
- ˈ adjective
- ˈ noun
- ˈԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of amerce1
Example Sentences
Shall by him be amerced with penance due.
He was prosecuted, convicted, amerced in a fine, and imprisoned three months in York Castle.
We present Nicholas Barber for smoking in the street, and do amerce him one shilling.”
It occurs, as every one knows, in the clause of the Great Charter, which says that the villain who falls into the king's mercy is to be amerced 'saving his waynage.'
The words achieve, agree, amerce, amount, acquit, acquaint, avow, &c. show the same prefix, derived through the medium of Old French.
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