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amerce
(encz) | amerce,pokutovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Amerce
(gcide) | Amerce \A*merce"\ ([.a]*m[~e]rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced
([.a]*m[~e]rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.] [OF. amercier,
fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See
Mercy.]
1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is
not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court;
as, the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one
hundred dollars.
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Note: The penalty or fine may be expressed without a
preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or
of.
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2. To punish, in general; to mulct.
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Millions of spirits for his fault amerced
Of Heaven. --Milton.
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Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser.
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amerce
(wn) | amerce
v 1: punish with an arbitrary penalty
2: punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the
court |
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amerce
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Amerceable
(gcide) | Amerceable \A*merce"a*ble\, a.
Liable to be amerced.
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Amerced
(gcide) | Amerce \A*merce"\ ([.a]*m[~e]rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amerced
([.a]*m[~e]rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amercing.] [OF. amercier,
fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See
Mercy.]
1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is
not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court;
as, the court amerced the criminal in the sum of one
hundred dollars.
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Note: The penalty or fine may be expressed without a
preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or
of.
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2. To punish, in general; to mulct.
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Millions of spirits for his fault amerced
Of Heaven. --Milton.
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Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser.
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Amercement
(gcide) | Amercement \A*merce"ment\, n. [OF. amerciment.]
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court;
also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a
fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and
certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an
amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of
affeering. [See Affeer.] --Blackstone.
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Note: This word, in old books, is written amerciament.
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Amercement royal, a penalty imposed on an officer for a
misdemeanor in his office. --Jacobs.
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Amercement royal
(gcide) | Amercement \A*merce"ment\, n. [OF. amerciment.]
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court;
also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a
fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and
certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an
amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of
affeering. [See Affeer.] --Blackstone.
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Note: This word, in old books, is written amerciament.
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Amercement royal, a penalty imposed on an officer for a
misdemeanor in his office. --Jacobs.
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Amercer
(gcide) | Amercer \A*mer"cer\, n.
One who amerces.
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amerce
(wn) | amerce
v 1: punish with an arbitrary penalty
2: punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the
court |
amercement
(wn) | amercement
n 1: money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, mulct,
amercement] |
AMERCEMENT
(bouvier) | AMERCEMENT, practice. A pecuniary penalty imposed upon a person who is in
misericordia; as, for example, when the defendant se retaxit, or recessit in
contemptum curioe. 8 Co. 58; Bar. Ab. Fines and Amercements. By the common
law, none can be amerced in his absence, except for his default. Non licet
aliquem 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, or
orders of the court, he might be amerced; that is, a penalty might be
imposed upon him; but this practice has been superseded by attachment. In
New Jersey and Ohio, the sheriff may, by statutory provision, be amerced for
making a return contrary to the provision of the statute. Coxe, 136, 169; 6
Halst. 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.
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