amercement
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The penalty of the breach of the Laws or Customes of this Land is at the pleasure of the Judg, either amercement, or imprisonment, or both.
Afterwards Eadmer came and withdrew himself, and submitted to an amercement of one mark.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
But it is by no means impossible that the court itself had to decide on the penalty or the amount of the amercement after first making the presentment as to the fact.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Now therefore bring ye forth535 Helen with all her treasures, also bring Such large amercement as is meet, a sum To be remember'd in all future times.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
Consequently, that the disrespect of such orders might make the commander or his troops personally liable to amercement; but the government is not justly liable.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft