amercement

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Refusing to do so, he was thereupon summoned to come into the Police Court on the glorious Fourth to show cause why he ought not to pay the amercement.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

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

Sullivan says that both plaintiffs and defendants were liable to amercement.

From An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Spooner, Lysander

Sullivan says that both plaintiff's and defendants were liable to amercement.

From Essay on the Trial By Jury by Spooner, Lysander

She desired still to bequeath it to Pierre, not only because of her great kindness for him, but as a sort of self-imposed amercement upon her house for the death of his father.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William