amercement
Example Sentences
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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 Vinogradoff, Paul
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 Cowper, William
And in many other statutes passed after Magna Carta, the terms fine and amercement seem to be used indifferently, in prescribing the punishment for offences.
From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander
This was disallowed by ordinance on pain of amercement, and bakers were admonished, in lieu of such payments, to increase the size of the loaf "to the profit of the public."
From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)
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.
