amercement

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By drawing out a balance sheet for the whole city in this year it appears that the total amount of all the amercements entered is £72 18s. 10d.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

Fines also, and all legal amercements for delinquencies against such laws must be paid, Deut. xxii.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

A great part of the king's revenue then consisted in the fines and amercements, which were imposed in his courts.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund

Which taxes and amercements fell heaviest on the poor people, the effect of whose labor would not clothe their wives and children.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert

Asseirers ratify the chief rent and amercements, between the lord and the inhabitant.

From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William